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Kremlin says Russian peacekeepers will withdraw from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh

Azerbaijan retook the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in September last year despite the presence there of Russian peacekeepers.

kremlin russiaFile photo of the Kremlin. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian peacekeepers will withdraw from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about reports of a withdrawal in Azerbaijani media. “Yes, it really is the case,” Peskov told reporters.

Azerbaijan retook the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in September last year despite the presence there of Russian peacekeepers in a move which triggered the mass exodus of ethnic Armenians living there.

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