PADUO POCTOBA - Горячая новость - Перемирие в Нагорном Карабахе - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

A truce is declared in Nagorno -Karabakh. The reason for him was negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The representative of the Ministry of Defense of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic reported on stabilization on the line of fire. Azerbaijani military confirmed this. However, they continue to strengthen in the occupied territory. The advance of the Army of Azerbaijan began on April 2. The fighting was carried out using aviation and artillery. According to the UN, at least 30 people were killed in a few days of the conflict, another 200 were injured.

Nagorno -Karabakh - the ancient Armenian name - Artsakh - the historical region in Transcaucasia. The population is about 150 thousand people, the vast majority are Armenians. The administrative center is the city of Stepanakert. In 1813, Nagorny Karabakh became part of Russia, in Soviet times he was part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. A few days before the collapse of the USSR, the authorities of Nagorno -Karabakh held a referendum at which the majority spoke out for complete independence from Azerbaijan. Baku tried to keep Karabakh and the armed conflict began. The losses of both sides amounted to, according to various sources, up to 25 thousand people killed, hundreds of thousands of civilians left their places of residence. On May 12, 1994, an agreement was reached on a ceasefire.

The current conflict in Nagorno -Karabakh will most likely not develop into full -scale military operations, ”said Andrei Epifantsev, head of the analytical agency of Alte et Certe.

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At the same time, the statement reached today on the termination of hostilities on the line of contact in Nagorno -Karabakh cannot yet indicate the onset of peace in this region.