Armenia urges Russia to make Azeri troops leave in Karabakh flare-up

LONDON (Reuters) – Armenia stated on Monday it anticipated Russia to take motion to make Azerbaijan withdraw troops from an space of Nagorno-Karabakh policed by Russian peacekeepers the place tensions are rising in a bitter territorial row.

Azeri troops in 2020 drove ethnic Armenian forces out of swathes of territory that they had managed for the reason that Nineties in and round Nagorno-Karabakh earlier than Russia brokered a ceasefire and deployed peacekeepers.

On Saturday, Moscow stated Azerbaijan had breached the settlement by permitting its troopers into an space of the area close to the village of Farrukh, however that Azerbaijan had withdrawn them by Sunday.

Armenia’s International Ministry referred to as on Monday for an investigation into the actions of Russia’s peacekeeping drive through the incursion and revealed two Russian Defence Ministry maps that it stated confirmed Azerbaijan’s troops had been nonetheless current.

“We anticipate Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh to take concrete measures to cease the incursion of Azeri items into the peacekeepers’ space of duty and the withdrawal of Azeri armed forces,” it stated in a press release.

Azerbaijan stated on Sunday that it had not withdrawn its forces and stated the realm was its sovereign territory.

(This model of the story corrects quote to clarify Azeri armed forces should withdraw)

(Reporting by Reuters; enhancing by Man Faulconbridge)