Among the main tasks, according to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, mine clearance of terrain and facilities, the return of prisoners of war and detained persons, the search for the bodies of the dead, ensuring the safety of the delivery of humanitarian supplies and the implementation of infrastructure projects
MOSCOW, December 9. /tass/. Russian servicemen in the framework of the peacekeeping operation on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh are now focused on the return of prisoners, the implementation of infrastructure projects and other humanitarian tasks, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.
"In addition to monitoring the ceasefire and all military actions, the efforts of our peacekeepers are focused on restoring peaceful life in the region, while humanitarian tasks are being successfully solved," Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
The main of these tasks, he called "the clearance of terrain and facilities, the return of prisoners of war and detained persons, the search for the bodies of the dead, ensuring the safety of the delivery of humanitarian supplies and the implementation of infrastructure projects."
"The Russian armed forces continue to carry out peacekeeping tasks in Nagorno-Karabakh. More than a year ago, we managed to stop the bloody war and create conditions for the restoration of peace in the region. In order to reduce tension and comply with the ceasefire regime, Russian peacekeepers have organized duty at observation posts and patrolling the area of the peacekeeping operation," Gerasimov said.
He also recalled that "in addition, a joint Russian-Turkish center has been functioning in the Aghdam region of Azerbaijan since January of this year to monitor the ceasefire and all military operations."
