Go to media bank Flags of the countries participating in the meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Archive photoYEREVAN, 15 Sep. The operational group of the CSTO joint headquarters arrived in Armenia to carry out a monitoring mission on the border with Azerbaijan, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported. «On the evening of September 15, in accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, an operational a group of the Joint Staff of the Organization led by the Chief of the Joint Staff of the CSTO, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov,» the statement says.Caucasian operation. The West is preparing a second front against RussiaIt is noted that on the same day Sidorov was received by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Suren Papikyan, who briefed him on the issues related to the upcoming monitoring. in the areas of hostilities,» the press service added.
In turn, the press service of the CSTO joint headquarters stated that the purpose of the mission is to develop proposals for de-escalating the tension that has arisen. Representatives of the organization plan to hold working meetings with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, the Russian Embassy, the border department of the Russian FSB and the command of the 102nd Russian military base.
«Decisive Response» How the conflict between Yerevan and Baku threatens RussiaAn emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held at the request of Armenia the day before. The participants decided to send a mission of the organization to the region, headed by Secretary General Stanislav Zas, he will arrive at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border next week. Clashes on the border between the two countries began on the night of September 13. Yerevan stated that the border areas in Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and Syunik regions were shelled. These territories have nothing to do with Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku insists that the Armenian military attacked the positions of Azerbaijani troops on the border. Yerevan was accused there of intending to disrupt the peace process.
Russian border guards were not injured on the border between Armenia and AzerbaijanBoth sides reported losses among their military. By morning, the republics agreed on a ceasefire. As Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee of the Federation Council, said earlier, the ceasefire was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after a conversation between President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.