Thursday, May 27 2021 19:10

ArmInfo. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is tense and is developing intensively,  acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on May 27 at a  meeting of the Republic's Security Council in an expanded format. In  this regard, he proposed to deploy international observers from  Russia and other countries of the OSCE Minsk Group (USA and France)  along the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

To note, half an hour before this, Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook  page that he would very soon present a plan for a peaceful settlement  of the border situation. "I am confident that the proposal is  mutually beneficial and can be implemented in a short time, with the  support of the international community," he wrote.

So, according to Pashinyan, over the past 15 days, the Armenian and  Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been in a state of interpenetration of  positions. As a result, an explosive situation has developed, which  is fraught with new - the most dangerous consequences, he said.  "After today's incident, there is a possibility that our Armed Forces  would try to capture them, then they would do the same in response,"  Pashinyan said.

In this regard, the acting head of government came out with a  diplomatic solution to the situation, which will lead to  de-escalation of tensions. Pashinyan recalled that Azerbaijan is  trying to substantiate its actions with its own maps, the Armenian  side does not agree with them. As a result, the parties' views on the  border line do not coincide. However, since the situation is already  explosive, the acting Prime Minister addresses the international  community, as well as the leadership of Azerbaijan. "We're making  arrangements that the armed units of the two sides very quickly  will  extend away from the border to the same extent and return to their  places of permanent deployment. Then international observers from the  Russian Federation or other co-chairing countries of the OSBE Minsk  Group will deployed along the border," Pashinyan said.  As explained  by the acting head of the Armenian government, we are talking about  retreating to their original positions in the area of Sotk and  Khoznavar. The presence of observers in the region, he said, is  necessary for the parties to be confident that the agreements will  not be violated.  

At the next stage, according to Pashinyan's proposal, with the  assistance of representatives of the Russian Federation and the OSCE  Minsk Group co-chairing countries, the work on clarifying the  bordercheckpoints from Sotk to Khoznavar will begin. "If Azerbaijan  has a problem with verifying border points, then it has no reason to  reject this plan. Armenia, for its part, is confident that it will be  able to substantiate its point of view. At this stage, it is about  de-escalating the situation, and this can be considered an official  proposal to the OSCE MG countries, including Russia, as well as to  Azerbaijan, "he said, stressing that this is the shortest way to  de-escalate the situation on the border with Azerbaijan.