Armenia accuses Russia of failing to keep peace in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Russia today, Thursday, of failing to keep peace in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

"The Russian peace mission is not performing its duties in controlling the Lachin Corridor," Pashinyan said in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.

The Kremlin has rejected allegations that the forces are not doing their job properly.

Russia had sent its forces to maintain a fragile ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan and to secure access to the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh through the corridor.

The region, home to about 120,000 Armenians, is considered part of Azerbaijan under international law.

The Lachin Pass is the only way to reach Armenia from the region.

Pashinyan repeated his offer to conclude a peace agreement with Azerbaijan.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Beksov said in Moscow on Thursday that Russia was in control of the situation.

"Russian peacekeepers are doing everything they can to ensure order and peace in the territories to which they are sent," he added.

He stated that the forces act according to an agreement by the two parties following the war that broke out in the region in 2020. Armenia was defeated in this war, and was forced to cede large parts of the territory to Azerbaijan.

From then on, conflict breaks out frequently.

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