Russia has already collected more than 3,200 light weapons and eight armored vehicles in Nagorno-Karabakh, as a mediator in the conflict, while the United States warned that Moscow is not a reliable partner and offered humanitarian aid to Armenia.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, more than 3,200 small arms, 435,000 ammunition, portable air defense systems, 37 field artillery units, MLRS multiple rocket launchers, mortars, anti-tank weapons and eight armored vehicles were collected.
Russia has been monitoring the disarmament process with peacekeepers deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh since autumn 2020, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement reached between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists.
The Ministry of Defense also affirmed that this Monday there have been no violations of the ceasefire and that the pacification contingent still houses more than 670 civilians evacuated by the 24-hour military operation that Azerbaijan launched last Tuesday to restore “order constitutional” in the secessionist territory. from Nagorno-Karabakh, with an ethnic Armenian majority.
The United States considered this Monday that Russia demonstrated that it was not a “reliable partner” after Azerbaijan’s offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia’s accusations of lack of support from Moscow.
“Russia has demonstrated that it is not a reliable security partner,” said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller when asked by the press about this issue.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, offered this Monday the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinian, humanitarian assistance to thousands of refugees fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“The United States is firmly committed to working with your Government to meet the humanitarian needs that have arisen in the wake of the recent outbreak of violence,” states a letter from Biden, as reported today by the Armenian Government.
Biden guaranteed that Washington intends to continue strengthening cooperation in energy diversification, stability and security, as demonstrated “in recent military exercises.”
Pashinian, who assured that his country is willing to receive all the inhabitants of the enclave who want to leave the territory, received this Monday in Yerevan Samantha Power, leader of the United States Agency for Development (USAid), who gave him the Biden document in hand.
Power said that during his visit he will focus on cooperating with local authorities to find and provide accommodation for refugees, as well as encouraging other countries to help them.
The official highlighted that Biden decided to send a delegation to the region to demonstrate his support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and democracy of Armenia.
Pashinian warned that “the process of ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh continues at this time.”
“This is a tragedy. We tried to inform the international community that this ethnic cleansing would happen, but, unfortunately, we could not prevent it. It is now very important to take concrete measures to avoid further escalation and bigger problems,” he said. saying.
Since Sunday, peacekeepers have been escorting people who want to leave Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan declared it will reintegrate the enclave into its administrative system.
According to the Armenian Government, at 2:00 p.m. Lisbon time, 6,650 people displaced by the Azerbaijani military operation entered the country from Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Information Center of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenians) reported this Monday that the large flow of people traveling to Armenia by private transport has caused traffic jams, so it is not possible to organize the transportation of seriously injured and seriously injured . or the importation of necessary medical equipment and humanitarian goods.
The authorities of the self-proclaimed republic asked citizens not to travel now to save the lives of the injured, promising that the evacuation will be carried out in stages and, once the transfer process of the displaced is completed, the rest of the residents of Nagorno- Karabakh who wishes can also go to Armenia.
Representatives of the enclave and Azerbaijan met this Monday at the permanent facilities of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh to insist on the need to transfer injured children, pregnant women and citizens who need immediate medical attention to hospitals in Armenia.
They also considered the assessment of humanitarian issues, including the search and rescue process for the missing, the need to restore natural gas and energy supplies, as well as water supplies.
Source: TSF
