We want peaceful negotiations. Yet, he believes  that if problems occur, the Russian military bases that are stationed in the southern part will have to participate in those operations. Russia also has a military base located in Armenia, which Zolyan said is mostly just “a guarantee that Turkey will not attack Armenia directly.”. The conflict escalated again on Sept. 27, when Nagorno-Karabakh officials said 16 military members and several civilians had been killed in heavy clashes not seen in several years. Based on which treaty is Armenia’s Pashinyan seeking help of Russia’s Putin?

15-year-old girl dies of coronavirus in Georgia, Georgia goes to polls in parliamentary elections. Armenian political analysts are also concerned that Russian authorities’ actions and statements could automatically make Armenia look like an opponent to NATO, West or others who have no problems with official Yerevan. Armenian Montrealers protest in front of Montreal City Hall. Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling historic cathedral amid conflict, “We want peace. ‘First  of all, Lavrov must ensure 100% security guarantees to Armenia in case the base is used for operations against ISIS. In addition, if you want to fight against ISIS, good luck with that, but not in Armenia, because Armenia is the only country in the region that has nothing to do with the ISIS. This is enshrined in the documents.”. So far, the conflict has drawn in international actors such as Canada, Russia, Turkey and Iran while France, the U.S. and members of the European Union have called for de-escalation. “If the ISIS reaches this territory, then not only the Russian military base, but also the Armenian Armed Forces, will have to engage in this fight.”. Champagne has also suspended arms exports to Turkey while Canada investigated whether Turkey had used Ontario-made drone sensor technology to help make weapons that were used by Azerbaijanis against Armenians on the battlefield. A year later, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, made a statement that was perceived in Armenia as a new security challenge. Zolyan accused Turkey and Azerbaijan of committing “genocide” due to recent evidence of shelling of civilian villages. On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan attempted to carry out an act of aggression against Karabakh. However, dealing with Turkey is a different matter. Live updates, What the flamingos in Ivanishvili’s dendrological park say about Georgia, Fighting in Karabakh. Russia has a military base in Armenia and sells arms to both Armenia and Azerbaijan in a balancing act that gives it considerable influence and leverage over both countries. Prior to the fall of the USSR in 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh was under control of the Soviet Union. © JAMnews 2015 - 2019. For full or partial reproduction of any material in other media it is required to acquire written permission from Armenian News-NEWS.am information-analytical agency. CSTO – Collective Security Treaty Organization was set up on the post-Soviet area after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1992. Russia has thrown its support behind Armenia.

A neighbour comforts home owner, Lida Sarksyan, left, near her house destroyed by shelling from Azerbaijan’s artillery during a military conflict in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Oct. 17, 2020. So, what is the Russian military base in Armenia tasked with and what has changed after it became subordinated to the Russian-Armenian Combined Group of Forces?

Although Russia and Armenia do not share a border, Armenia is a close Russian ally of Russia in the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian seas, including hosting a large Russian military base Regrettably, nobody in Armenia is willing  to discuss what security system is being set up and whether we can make sovereign decisions or we may be dragged into someone’s plans at any moment. Russian 102nd Military Base is located in Armenia’s utmost north city of Gyumri, close to the border with Turkey. Trump splits with top health officials amid latest U.S. coronavirus surge, Several isolated Canada-U.S. border communities exempted from COVID-19 quarantine, Azerbaijan’s president says Armenia leaving disputed region is only way for peace amid conflict. One day later, the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan issued a statement saying the embassy had received “credible reports of potential terrorist attacks and kidnappings against U.S. citizens and foreign nationals” in various locations across its capital city of Baku. And, of course, those things are being aggravated by participation of Turkey,” he said. “The message was very clear that external parties should stay out because it’s already a very complex situation,” Champagne said. The base is actually located in Armenia, near the Karabakh region. Neither the government, nor the Armenian Foreign or Defense Ministries, responded to Lavrov’s statement. JAMnews reserves the right to delete comments it considers to be offensive, or otherwise unacceptable. 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Russian support and military guarantees are critical to Armenia, whose defense budget is overshadowed by Azerbaijan's arms spending. Political analysts, who are tuned for closer ties with Russia, don’t not see any threats in it. Armenian and Azerbaijan officials reported violations the next day.

At the same time, Armenia doesn’t regard NATO as its adversary, while NATO refers to Armenia as its partner, it implements several projects with Armenia and conducts joint exercises.
“The target of the Armenian armed forces was the peaceful population and civilian infrastructure,” the statement read. According to him, at this stage of the large-scale war, "there is no need to use [its] potential" at the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict zone. In addition, there has been a risk of Russian military base’s possible involvement in the anti-terrorist operations in the region that contradict Armenia’s interests.

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