Situation around Karabakh Settlement Important for Russian Military: FM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Russian military views the situation around the settlement of Farukh in Nagorno-Karabakh as a priority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan on Thursday.
"As for the situation, then the Russian military, and our Armenian friends are well aware of this, holds it as one of its priorities. There are already certain results on the ground in terms of de-escalating this situation," the Russian top diplomat said, TASS reported.
"And we do have an understanding that within the framework of focused work on delimitation that is already beginning, these issues will be considered and definitely resolved," he added.
On March 26, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Azerbaijani troops entered the zone of responsibility of Russia’s peacekeeping contingent.
The next day, this agency reported that Azerbaijan had withdrawn its troops from the Farukh settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Later, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry stated that the republic’s military units had not left the locality.
