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Russia denounces criticism of Nagorno-Karabakh peacekeepers

The Lachin corridor, which allows supplies from Armenia to reach Nagorno-Karabakh, has been policed by Russian peacekeepers since 2020 [File: Francesco Brembati/Reuters]

Russia has denounced “public attacks” on its peacekeepers deployed around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan as “unacceptable”, a day after Armenia accused the contingent of failing to fulfil their duties amid a blockade there.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday warned the criticism levelled by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan a day earlier threatened to “cause tangible harm to the process of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalisation”.

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