He noted that in the absence of progress in establishing even international humanitarian assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh, the practical implementation of the idea of sending an international peacekeeping contingent, "which, moreover, will require the sanction of the UN Security Council" is hardly realistic.
“The Russian peacekeeping contingent is effectively coping with all the tasks of restoring peace and security in Nagorno-Karabakh,” RIA Novosti quotes Ilyichev.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian peacekeepers recorded a violation of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, called Russia a key security partner for Armenia.
At the end of January, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov discussed the situation around the Lachin corridor by telephone.