BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 18. Russia has
hailed the simultaneous opening of Lachin and Aghdam-Khankendi
roads in Azerbaijan, Trend
reviews.
Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova,
mentioned on Telegram that it’s a necessity to make sure the continuation of
unimpeded and common meals provides.
She expressed hope for the launch of a dialogue between Baku and
representatives of the Armenian minority in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh,
in addition to the resumption of rhythmic work on the implementation of
the complete advanced of trilateral agreements between the
Azerbaijani, Armenian, and Russian leaders in 2020-2022 on the
normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
“We are totally all for sustaining peace and stability in
the South Caucasus,” Zakharova added.
Meanwhile, the separatists in Karabakh lastly submitted to
Azerbaijan’s situations and agreed to the simultaneous opening of
the Lachin highway and the Aghdam-Khankendi highway. Thus, the separatist
leaders determined to just accept the joint proposal of the workplace of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Khankendi and
the command of the Russian peacekeepers [temporarily stationed in
Azerbaijan under the trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani,
Armenian, and Russian leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh
war] on simultaneous transportation of meals by ICRC autos alongside
the Lachin highway and the Aghdam-Khankendi highway.
The settlement on the simultaneous opening of those routes was
really reached on September 1. The separatists delayed this
course of for greater than two weeks.
Trucks belonging to the ICRC, parallel to the Aghdam-Khankendi
highway, additionally handed by way of the Lachin border checkpoint.
