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Should Russian peacekeepers who violate provisions of trilateral Statement stay in Karabakh? -OUR COMMENT

26 March 2022 22:45 (UTC +04:00)

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have full control over the village of Farrukh.

The Russian Defense Ministry has issued a statement expressing concern over the strengthening of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces' position in the direction of Farrukh village.

The statement claims that Azerbaijan "entered the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent from March 24 to 25, violating the provisions of the trilateral statement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia dated November 9, 2020."

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement citing the statement.

According to the information obtained by APA, Farrukh village is currently under the control of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

There is nothing unusual here because Farrukh and other territories are the lands of Azerbaijan.

It should be noted that the current mandate of Russian peacekeepers is uncertain. Dozens of images and video recordings opposing the Russian Interior Ministry's claims, as well as media reports, show that the Russian peacekeepers themselves do not comply with the provisions of the November 10 agreement. Because, according to paragraph 4 of the trilateral Statement, illegal Armenian groups should have been expelled from the territory a long time ago. For more than a year now, we have seen peacekeepers feed, arm, and inspire them.

In the last few weeks, there have been reports that Armenian separatists dug trenches around the village of Farrukh to strengthen their position. How did the "peacekeepers" react to this "in their deployment zones"? They were watching the separatists smoking cigarettes. Isn't this a violation of the trilateral Statement?

The behavior of Russian peacekeepers, as well as the fact that the Russian media still presents terrorists as "republics" and the official media, replicates the "orders" of the terrorist Araik, contradicts the statement on the alliance signed on February 22. The provisions of this agreement, which include the fight against separatism, are grossly violated.

And all this raises a question. Is there a need for a peacekeeper in the region who is not fulfilling his mission? The issue of withdrawing peacekeepers from the area after 2025, or even sooner, should be on the agenda.