Russian Peacekeepers Find Themselves Sidelined in Nagorno-Karabakh

TL;DR

The trilateral agreement of November 9, 2020 that put a stop to the Second Karabakh War states that “Azerbaijan guarantees safe travel along the Lachin Corridor in both directions for civilians, means of transport, and cargo.” Yet Baku is now hinting that the agreement has been violated so many times that its patience has run out.Now Azeri journalists are trying to walk past the peacekeepers’ checkpoints along the Lachin Corridor, arguing that they are citizens of Azerbaijan and are simply exercising their unconditional right to move around the territory of their country.On that occasion, the problem was resolved relatively swiftly when the commander of Russia’s peacekeeping mission, General Andrei Volkov, agreed with Azerbaijani government officials that Baku would be able to carry out inspections at the Karabakh mines.While Russian propaganda prefers to ignore what is going on in the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan’s media is propagating wild conspiracy theories, accusing the Russian peacekeepers of corruption and pro-Armenian bias, and even alleging that they are actually Armenians in disguise.But at some point it will have to have a serious conversation with Baku about reassessing the existing arrangements in Azerbaijan’s favor."

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