Currently, peacekeepers are not needed in Karabakh, Aleksey Zhuravlev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, said in his statement to RIA-Novosti, while expressing his opinion on the premature withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping contingent from Azerbaijan, Report informs.
According to him, the mission of the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh has ended: “It was possible to protect the civilians and help them. Currently, peacekeepers are not needed because there are no opposing sides in Karabakh. Nobody doubts that Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan.”