The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to work together to develop Nagorno-Karabakh after decades of conflict, but have failed to address several challenges facing the success of a Kremlin-mediated peace deal in the South Caucasus. does not promote.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who facilitated talks in Moscow on Monday between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, said the peace deal that went into effect on November 10 had been successfully implemented and that the leaders had concluded came that ‘the provisions of this agreement are generally respected. ”
The parties agreed to “take concrete steps to build economic ties and develop infrastructure projects”, the Russian leader said, adding that a working group composed of experts from the three countries had “specific plans for the development of transport infrastructure and the economy”. of the region will estimate. , “he said.
According to the aid groups, the six-week conflict is dead. Monday’s talks were the first personal talks between Aliyev and Pashinyan since fighting erupted over the overwhelming Armenian forces of the Azeri army and control of parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding areas that they lost to Armenia three decades ago. , recycled.
Mr. Putin said Monday that more than 1,100 acres of land had been cleared of mines, provided with local medical assistance, and that more than 800 tons of construction materials and 1.5 million tons of humanitarian cargo had been delivered to the conflict zone.