Russia pledges help to Yerevan if fighting reaches Armenia

,AFP• via yahoo ^ | October 31, 2020 | Mariam HARUTYUNYAN ,AFP•October 31, 2020

[RomanSoldier19]

Russia on Saturday pledged to "necessary" help for Yerevan in the conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory, after its ally requested security assistance.

Armenia's request for assistance from Moscow further raised fears of Russia and Azerbaijan's ally Turkey getting sucked into a decades-old conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin "urgent" consultations on security assistance as Azerbaijani forces make gains against Armenian separatists who control Karabakh.

The request also came after Armenia and Azerbaijan failed to agree a fresh ceasefire during talks in Geneva on Friday but said they would not "deliberately target civilian populations".

On Saturday, the warring sides accused each other of violating the Geneva agreements.

[RomanSoldier19]

[Mariner]

They’re not Russians in NK.

Russia will not ignore the sovereignty of Azerbaijan to support Armenians in NK.

Nobody will. They’ll be driven out.

Sucks, but true.

[Petrosius]

This probably means that Armenia actually lost. Azerbaijan can retake Nagorno-Karabakh but they just cannot cross the border into Armenia.

[House Atreides]

“...Russia on Saturday pledged to “necessary” help for Yerevan in the conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory, after its ally requested security assistance....”
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I personally consider Nagorno-Karabakh to be Armenian territory.

[McGruff]

Turkey vs Russians. Who to root for?

[Mariner]

“Who to root for?”

Clearly the Christian Russians.

[ApplegateRanch]

Turkey vs Russians. Who to root for?

Abdul, The Bulbul Ameer or Ivan Skavinsky Skevar? Choices, choices.

[reg45]

The Russians need to drive the Turks out of Constantinople.

[Wilderness Conservative]

That’s easy. We can deal with Russia. F the Turks.

[Mariner]

“The Russians need to drive the Turks out of Constantinople.”

How truly glorious that would be.

[wgmalabama]

Agreed. Glad someone is standing up for the Christian side. We screwed up in Yugoslavia

[Svartalfiar]

This probably means that Armenia actually lost. Azerbaijan can retake Nagorno-Karabakh but they just cannot cross the border into Armenia.

Even IF Azerbaijan manages to successfully capture N-K, and IF no other nations get seriously involved, what then? N-K is something like 80-90% ethnic Armenians. How is Azerbaijan going to peacefully hold the region?

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, good one.

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

[VeniVidiVici]

There are Russian troops in Armenia. What are they doing?