Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Resolution Agreed: Announcements From Three Different Countries

Clashes around Nagorno-Karabakh (Source: Antara)

JAKARTA - The progress of peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia said they had signed an agreement to end military conflict in the region.

The climax of the conflict lasted more than a month, causing bloodshed from the two camps. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was the first to announce the signing via social media in the early hours of Tuesday, November 10.

After that, the Kremlin and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev issued a similar announcement. "The trilateral statement signed will be a (important) point in resolving the conflict," Aliyev said during an online television meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin said Russian peacekeeping forces would be deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as in the corridor between the region and Armenia. "The decision was made based on an in-depth analysis of the combat situation and in discussions with the best experts in the field," said Prime Minister Pashinyan.

Protests for slow resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Yerevan, Armenia (Source: Antara)

"This is not a win but there is no defeat until you consider yourself defeated. We will never consider ourselves defeated and this will be a new beginning of our era of national unity and rebirth."

Arayik Harutyunyan, leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, said on Facebook that he agreed "to end the war as soon as possible". The declaration follows six weeks of fierce fighting and military movements by Azerbaijani troops.

The Azerbaijan government in the capital Baku stated on Monday, November 9 that it had seized control of dozens of more settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh. The statement came a day after Baku declared victory in a battle for the enclave's second largest city.

The fighting has raised fears of a wider regional war. Turkey supports its ally Azerbaijan, while Russia has a defense pact with Armenia and military bases in the country.

Azerbaijan says it has since 27 September reclaimed most of the areas in and around Nagorno-Karabakh which were lost in the 1991-1994 war. The war in the 1990s killed about 30,000 people and forced many more to flee.

Armenia denies claims that Azerbaijan has captured many areas. Several thousand people are feared to have died in the turmoil of the conflict. In the last six weeks, three trucees failed to be implemented.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's superior weaponry and victories on the battlefield have become factors that have reduced its willingness to pursue a lasting peace agreement.