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Russian peacekeepers carry out demining tasks in karabakh, full ceasefire on the Asian-Arab contact line

by YCPress

December 7 According to a report by the Russian Satellite Network on the 7th, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a message that in the past 24 hours, Russian peacekeepers have demined more than 3 hectares in the karabakh region. At present, there is a comprehensive ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the karabakh region.

According to the report, “In the past 24 hours, engineering reconnaissance missions have been completed and demining operations have been carried out along the transmission network from Stepanakert to Shusha Highway.

Clear 3.4 hectares and 2.2 kilometers of roads infested areas and eliminate the destruction of 96 explosives.

It is also reported that a total of 1,318 refugees have returned to the karabakh region in the past 24 hours. Peacekeeping operations provided security for the return of a total of 33,235 refugees. Russian military doctors provided medical treatment to 24 local residents, including 2 children, in Musitalikend.

According to previous reports, the karabakh region is located in southwest Azerbaijan, and its residents are mostly ethnic Armenians. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the ownership of the Innaqa 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 karabakh issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.

On September 27, a new round of conflict broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the karabakh region. On November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement declaring a complete ceasefire in the karabakh region from 00:00 Moscow time (5:00 Beijing time) on the 10th.

According to the statement, Azerbaijan and Armenia will exchange the remains of prisoners of war, other detainees and victims, and Russia will deploy peacekeepers in the karabakh region.