Russian President Vladimir Putin said he believed the recently signed peace deal would allow for a lasting solution to the problem in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has spanned decades.
The head of state stressed that the situation in Karabakh is a real tragedy.
Speaking on television after the agreement was released, Putin said he believed it would create the "necessary conditions for a long-term and full-fledged settlement of the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh on a fair basis."
Putin confirmed that both Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to "a total cease-fire." He said the two sides would hold on to areas under their control and that Russian peacekeepers would be deployed along frontlines to secure a corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenian territory. Putin said displaced people would be allowed to return to the region, and there would be an exchange of prisoners and bodies from the fighting.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the statement declaring a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, signed by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, marks a victory for the people of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"It is a victory for the people of the two countries, Azerbaijan and Armenia, because the war has ended," Peskov said, commenting on a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu who had congratulated Azerbaijan on achieving a victory on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
The creation of a center in Azerbaijan to monitor the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh requires a separate agreement, the Kremlin spokesman stated. "The creation of a ceasefire monitoring center on Azerbaijan’s territory was indeed discussed. That’s in Azerbaijan. This nuance of the location of that joint monitoring center is subject to a separate agreement," he said.
"This is not Karabakh," he stressed when asked which territory was mentioned in connection with the possible creation of a center to monitor the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh - Azerbaijan or, in particular, the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
On November 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
