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Any observer mission in Karabakh must secure Azerbaijan's consent: Kremlin

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Reuters, Moscow

Published: 26 September ,2023: 02:20 PM GST Updated: 26 September ,2023: 02:46 PM GST

The Kremlin said on Tuesday any international observer mission for the Nagorno-Karabakh region can happen only with the agreement of Azerbaijan.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was speaking after the United States called for international observers to monitor the situation in Karabakh, which Azerbaijan retook in a lightning offensive last week, prompting thousands of ethnic Armenians who live there to flee to neighboring Armenia.

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Any observer mission in Karabakh must secure Azerbaijan's consent: Kremlin

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