BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 28. Russian peacekeepers' term of stay in Azerbaijan's Karabakh is envisaged until November 2025, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference on the results of 2023, Trend reports.
"The duration of the Russian peacekeeping contingent is regulated by the document. The fact is that there is a trilateral statement and this document is signed at the level of leaders," the minister added.
The Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed on part of Azerbaijani territories in accordance with the trilateral statement of November 10, 2020. A total of 12 observation and 16 temporary observation posts of Russian peacekeepers have been phased out since September 19 this year.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on October 10 that a number of stationary and temporary observation posts of Russian peacekeepers have already been closed. The principal issues concerning the peacekeepers are being discussed with Baku.
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