The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)] does not provide grounds for aggravation of the situation in Donbas. Such an opinion was expressed by Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president, Peskov, TASS reported.
To the reporters’ question as to whether what happened in Karabakh gives grounds for aggravation of the situation in Donbas, too, or for attempts by Ukraine to regain control over this region, the Kremlin representative responded: "It does not give [such grounds]."
On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities— which Azerbaijan had launched on September 27—in and around Artsakh. Accordingly, Russian peacekeepers are deployed in the region to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities. But this statement also stipulates the handover of part of Artsakh lands to Azerbaijan.
