Kazan gathered heads of governments of all five EAEU member states who arrived for the next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. Russia’s Premier Minister Mikhail Mishustin had a meeting in a small circle with the heads of governments of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan as well as EAEU observers Cuba, Moldova and Uzbekistan in the Kazan City Hall. The main topic of the dialogue is the implementation of an intergovernmental programme to produce and provide space and geo-information products as well as prospects of cooperation between the Union’s countries in space services. The programme of industrial cooperation was going to be discussed at an extended meeting on 30 April.
Azerbaijani President: Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh will end in 5 years
Saturday, February 27, 2021 11:00:00 AM
At a press conference on February 26, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Russian military who is on a peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, will leave in 5 years.
Aliyev noted that Russiam troops are in the territory that is wholly owned by Azerbaijan. He assured that the Russian mission in Nagorno-Karabakh will not last for decades. The term is 5 years, then, if everything is good, they will leave, Aliyev said.
He said that he would not allow the construction of foreign military bases in Azerbaijan’s territory.
According to Aliyev, not many people live in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, where Russian troops are deployed. As a result, according to him, they will be integrated into Azerbaijan.
Armenia-Azerbaijan prisoner swap begins
The neighboring countries are allowing prisoners from each side return home as part of an all for all deal. The prisoners were taken during intense fighting over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
A prisoner-swap between neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan kicked off on Monday, Azerbaijan has confirmed.
Officials in Azerbaijan s capital city Baku listed two prisoners who had been returned to Azerbaijan.
Returns began under an agreement. on the exchange of prisoners and hostages on an all for all basis, according to Azerbaijan s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons in a statement on Monday.