Russian-Turkish monitoring center for control of ceasefire observance in Nagorno-Karabakh is unrelated to the peacekeeping effort, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Russia-24 TV channel on Tuesday.
"Just this minute the information appeared citing Russia’s Foreign Ministry on the creation of a bilateral center <…> with Turkey which will be based in Azerbaijani territory," she said.
Here one needs to understand clearly that we are not talking about the peacekeeping effort described in the statement but about a different mission, a different part of a joint effort, one needs to keep them separate, these are different things," TASS cited Zakharova as saying.
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. The Russian leader said the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides would remain on the positions they hold and Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region. Besides, Armenia and Azerbaijan should carry out the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of those killed. Aghdam region will be returned to Azerbaijan before November 20, Kelbajar region - before November 15, Lachin region - before December 1.
