“Of course, we understand that Azerbaijan and Armenia are only at the beginning of a difficult way to establish the necessary level of mutual confidence, the normalization of bilateral relations. Almost many difficulties and obstacles have to overcome,” said Moscow-Baku in an interview. Altera Rudenko told Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
“Building interaction with our Azerbaijani and Armenian friends, we emphasize that the stability and sustainable economic development of the South Caucasus meets the interests of all Russia’s partners in this region,” said the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Andrei Rudenko said that the Russian peacekeeping contingent that is responsible for the safety of the region trusted to him takes measures to prevent the militarization of the Nagornokarabakh conflict zone.
“This work is carried out in full compliance with the provisions of the statement of leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of November 9, 2020,” said a high-ranking Russian diplomat.
“An important factor is the mood of the parties to maintain regular contacts with Russian peacekeepers, the creation of the most favorable conditions for the fulfillment of the relevant tasks. In this work, questions may inevitably require joint decisions. Our peacekeepers and personally commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent R.U . Muradov enjoy high confidence of both parties, which certainly helps maintain a stable environment in the area of the peacekeeping operation, “said Andrei Rudenko.
Deputy Head of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation left the answer to the question of whether Russia is ready to contribute to the transfer of mini fields to the Armenian side of Azerbaijan. Andrei Rudenko noted that one of the dangerous and difficult eliminated consequences of any conflict is the problem of mined territories.
Russia contributes to the case of post-conflict demining in Nagorno-Karabakh. From November 23 last year, more than 25.3 thousand explosive objects were detected by the efforts of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, about 1756 hectares, 1615 buildings, 545 km of the road network.
Similar tasks in the region solves the consolidated grouping of the Ministry of Emergency Situations operating within the International Center for Humanitarian Response. From January 4, this year. In agreement with the Azerbaijani side, work on humanitarian demining on the territory of the Agdam district of Azerbaijan is being carried out, “said the Deputy Foreign Ministry of Russia.
Andrei Rudenko stressed that unlocking economic relations and transport communications is beneficial to all parties.