Issues of the establishment of a Russian-Turkish ceasefire control center in Nagorno-Karabakh were among the topics discussed by Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, over the phone, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.
“The leaders exchanged views concerning the work on the establishment of a center for control the ceasefire and hostilities in the conflict zone,” it said, adding that the conversation was initiated by the Turkish side.
A memorandum on the establishment of a ceasefire control center in Nagorno-Karabakh was signed after talks between the two countries’ defense ministers, Sergei Shoigu of Russia and Hulusi Akar of Turkey, on November 11.
The office of the Turkish leader said earlier in the day that during the telephone conversation with Putin, Erdogan “expressed hope that a joint center, to be set up by Turkey together with Russia in order to observe and monitor [the implementation of ceasefire], will start operations within the shortest possible timeframe as part of the effort to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and ensure stability in the region on the permanent basis.”
Besides, issues of the implementation of the agreements committed to paper in the November 9 joint statement of the Russian and Azerbaijani presidents and the Armenian prime minister on Nagorno-Karabakh were in focus of a telephone conversation between Russian and Turkish Presidents, the Kremlin press service said.
“The two presidents discussed in detail the implementation of the agreements committed to paper in the November 9 joint statement of the Russian and Azerbaijani presidents and the Armenian prime minister on Nagorno-Karabakh,” it said.
“Both sides stressed the importance of all-round implementation of agreements geared to ensure stability and normalize life in the region,” the Kremlin said, adding that the conversation was initiated by the Turkish side.
Source : TASS
