In this Armenian-majority territory hit by a lightning offensive from Azerbaijan, a joint Russian and Azerbaijani patrol also came under fire on Monday, according to Moscow.
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The situation remains tense in Nagorno-Karabakh, two weeks after Azerbaijan’s lightning offensive in this territory. An Armenian soldier was killed on Monday October 2 and two others were injured according to Yerevan. In this same area, Moscow claims that a mixed patrol combining Russians and Aerbaijani came under fire, without causing any casualties. Armenia’s historic ally, Russia, sponsored a ceasefire agreement three years ago, including the deployment of peacekeepers.
The UN sent one of its teams to Nagorno-Karabkh. Its members affirmed, Monday, that they had not observed no destruction nor collected any testimony concerning violence against civilians since the ceasefire, according to their spokesperson. This one-day mission took them to Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The leader of this separatist enclave promised Monday to stay in the capital until the end of relief operations for victims of the conflict. The Azerbaijani offensive left more than 400 dead in total and pushed more than 120,000 inhabitants onto the road of exodus, who fled to Armenia. The Council of Europe on Monday called on Azerbaijan to respect the right of those who fled to “return home in safety and dignity”.