China News Service, January 16 According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network on the 15th, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said that Russia and Turkey will each send 60 soldiers to the joint monitoring center for ceasefire in the Tunaka region.
Data map: On October 25, 2020, in the Naka region, Armenian soldiers fired artillery shells on the front line.
Photo by ARIS MESSINIS
According to reports, Cavusoglu said: "The location of the ceasefire monitoring center has been selected... The number of Turkish and Russian soldiers stationed at the center in the first phase will each be 60. Our troops have begun to be sent there."
He added that the ceasefire monitoring center is small, but it can be expanded if necessary.
The Naka region is located in southwestern Azerbaijan, and its residents are mostly Armenians.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, war broke out in Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Naka region.
In 1994, the two sides reached an agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire, but the two countries have been in a state of hostility over the Naqqa issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.
On September 27, 2020, a new round of conflict broke out in Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Naka issue.
On November 9th of the same year, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement announcing a complete ceasefire in the Naka region from 0:00 Moscow time on the 10th.
The picture shows local time on November 18, 2020, in a village in the Naka region, people preparing to move out of the village are packing their luggage and loading them into a car.
According to the statement, Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged prisoners of war, other detainees and the remains of victims, and Russia deployed peacekeepers in the Naka region.
Currently, Russia has completed the deployment of peacekeepers in the Naka region and has begun to perform peacekeeping tasks.
On December 1, 2020, the Ministry of National Defense of Russia and Turkey signed an agreement on the establishment of a ceasefire joint monitoring center in the Naka region.
On January 13, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Erdogan talked on the phone to discuss the situation in the Naka region and other issues.
Erdogan stated that Turkey hopes to create an environment where Azerbaijanis and Armenians can live together in the Naka region, and is willing to provide necessary support for this.