News - I hope we’ll be able to de-escalate the in NK situation and move the solution to this problem to a peaceful path - Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that it will be possible to de-escalate the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and move the solution to this problem to a peaceful path, Russian news agency TASS reports. At a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he noted that there are more than 2,000 civilians in the main base of Russian peacekeepers, more than a thousand of whom are children. "We are in very close contact with all sides of the conflict and the authorities of Yerevan, Stepanakert and Baku. I hope that we will be able to achieve de-escalation and move the solution of this problem to a peaceful path," the Russian President emphasized. "Our peacekeepers work very actively with all parties involved in the conflict. They are doing everything to protect the civilian population," he added. It comes after Artsakh's information headquarters reported that an agreement was reached between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers on the complete cessation of military operations from 1 p.m. on Wednesday. It also said that an agreement was reached on the withdrawal of the remaining units and servicemen of the RA Armed Forces from the deployment zone of the Russian peacekeeping troops and the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations, the complete disarmament of the Defense Army, as well as the withdrawal of heavy equipment and weapons from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to quickly eliminate them. In addition, on Thursday, the representatives of Artsakh and Azerbaijan will meet in Yevlakh, a city in Azerbaijan located about 100 km northeast of Stepanakert, and the issues of ensuring the security of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians will be discussed.