MOSCOW, Sep 19Commenting on the visit of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi to Yerevan, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, noted that Russia would welcome the steps leading in practice to the normalization of the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. «Everything that is not in words, but in deeds , and not loudly, not populist, but in reality, quietly and in a businesslike way, can contribute to the normalization of relations, the stabilization of the situation on the border, all this can be welcomed. will be clear,» Peskov told reporters in response to a question about how the Kremlin evaluates Pelosi's visit to Armenia and whether this trip can serve to resolve the conflict with Azerbaijan. On September 17-19, Pelosi makes a visit to Armenia, where he meets with high-ranking officials, including including Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Last week, on Tuesday night, hostilities broke out on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the sides blame each other for starting the aggravation. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military shelled the territory of Armenia using artillery and drones. The areas on the border — Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik (connects Armenia with Iran) regions — were shelled. These territories have nothing to do with Karabakh. Baku stated that the Armenian military fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border, there was a clash. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of intending to disrupt the peace process. Both sides reported losses among their military. By morning, the parties agreed to a ceasefire. As the head of the international committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Grigory Karasin, told RIA Novosti, a truce on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pashinyan and the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the senator, there is a lot of work to be done, since Yerevan applied to the CSTO. As CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said earlier, an emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held on September 13, which expressed extreme concern about the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and considered proposals for using the mechanisms of the organization by settlement. On Tuesday, the CSTO Collective Security Council reached an agreement to send a mission to Armenia headed by Secretary General of the organization Stanislav Zas.
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