The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Colonel Vagif Dargahli, said that the joint Russian-Turkish monitoring center has started its work in Baku, RIA Novosti reports.
“The Turkish-Russian monitoring center, established on the basis of the relevant paragraph of the trilateral statement of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and the Prime Minister of Armenia, begins its activities today. The Turkish and Russian military personnel involved in the work at the center are in Azerbaijan”, – the press service said.
At the end of September last year, fighting resumed on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation of the long-standing conflict. On the night of November 10, with the assistance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a trilateral agreement on the complete cessation of hostilities in the territory of Karabakh. After signing the document, Russia sent its peacekeeping contingent to Nagorno-Karabakh.