Russian peacekeepers assisted moderate a ceasefire and are now accepting the surrender of weapons by Karabakh Armenian rebels KORNIDZOR, Armenia: Furious familymembers of ethnic Armenians caught in Nagorno-Karabakh collected at the Azerbaijan border to waitfor a medical evacuation convoy on Sunday, as their nation indicated a rift with conventional ally Russia. The Armenian health ministry stated 23 ambulances bring a veryfirst batch of “seriously and really seriously injured people of Nagorno-Karabakh” were on their method to the border, accompanied by medics and Red Cross employees. As the human drama unfolded, the unexpected Azerbaijani success in the three-decade old dispute likewise activated a geopolitical shift, with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan taking a swipe at enduring ally Russia. In nationally telecasted remarks, the Armenian leader — himself a target of demonstrations over Karabakh’s defeat — stated the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Moscow-Yerevan military-political cooperation were “insufficient” security warranties. Like a competitor to NATO, the CSTO group promises to safeguard other members that come under attack. But, bogged down in its own war in Ukraine, Russia declined to come to Armenia’s support in the mostcurrent Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, arguing that Yerevan itself identified the challenged area as part of Azerbaijan. Now, Russian peacekeepers are assisting Azerbaijan deactivate the Karabakh rebels. Pashinyan included that Armenia needsto validate the treaty which developed the International Criminal Court (ICC), which hasactually provided an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, stress was running high at Armenia’s Kornidzor border crossing, 5 kilometres from the Hakari bridge on the convoy’s path, where lots of mad lovedones had collected to waitfor news and one male was so annoyed he pulled out a knife. Wild rumours spread through the upset crowd and issue for missingouton lovedones was combined with fury over the lightning Azerbaijani offending that this week appears to haveactually beat Karabakh’s separatist disobedience after years of battling. “My boy was in the army in Artsakh. He’s alive, however I’m
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