ArmInfo.The dialogue with the RF on the technical aspects of the Monitoring Center for Karabakh continues in accordance with the schedule. This was announced by the Minister of National Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar at a meeting with the commanders of the branches of the Turkish Armed Forces in the videoconference mode.
Akar recalled that following the trilateral statements on Karabakh, a memorandum was signed between the heads of the defense departments of Turkey and the Russian Federation on the creation of a Monitoring Center in Azerbaijan, Anadolu reports.
On November 9, the Presidents of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, as well as the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, signed a joint statement on the complete cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Russian leader, in particular, said that the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides will remain in their occupied positions, and peacekeepers from the Russian Federation will be deployed in the region. An agreement was also reached to establish a joint Russian-Turkish ceasefire control center, which will be located on the territory of Azerbaijan. On November 17, the Turkish parliament approved a presidential decree providing for the sending of troops to Azerbaijan for a period of one year.