Ankara: A joint Turkish-Russian observation centre to monitor the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region recently freed from armed conflict, will begin operations on Saturday, a Minister confirmed here.
In November 2020, the Turkish Parliament approved a motion for the deployment of troops in Nagorno-Karabakh for one year as part of an accord between Ankara and Moscow to monitor the implementation of the truce in the region.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had announced earlier that the Joint Turkish-Russian Centre will be in Aghdam, a district in Nagorno-Karabakh that was handed over to the Azerbaijani military on November 20, 2020, as a condition of the truce.
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On November 10, 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan ended a 44-day conflict in the region claimed the two countries after a ceasefire was reached under the mediation of Russia.
