In an interview with ARMENPRESS, Nellie Baghdasaryan, the adviser on international relations to the President of the Republic of Artsakh, referred to the disinformation spread by the Azerbaijani side about the transfer of military equipment to Artsakh through the Lachin Corridor, some accusations of the official and information circles of Azerbaijan against the Russian peacekeeping mission, November 8, 2022, to the narratives and aggressive statements made by Ilham Aliyev in Shushi.

- Addressing the subject of the Russian peacekeeping mission in Artsakh on November 8, 2022, in Shushi, Aliyev hinted that "Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed there, in 2020 In the statement of November 10, that period is mentioned." What implications do you think such a review carries?

- This statement of the President of Azerbaijan was aimed at the repeated statements made by the President of the Republic of Artsakh about the need for the indefinite stay of the Russian peacekeepers, the statement adopted by the National Assembly of Artsakh during the famous rally held in Stepanakert on October 30 of this year, the proposal by RA to extend the period of the presence of the peacekeepers. Azerbaijan has set itself the task of preventing this topic from developing by all possible means.

- In the same speech, the President of Azerbaijan claimed that Armenia has not completely withdrawn its troops from Artsakh. According to you, what is the reason for this untrue statement, which, by the way, is periodic in nature?

- This is Azerbaijan's consistent policy of presenting Armenia in the role of aggressor and occupier. The Artsakh Republic has repeatedly denied these statements. The Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh carries a out self-defense function in Artsakh. Moreover, in 2020 After the Azerbaijani-Karabakh war, the geographical complications and tension of the contact line, as well as the systematic violations of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan, caused that as a result of the session of the Security Council of Artsakh on March 26, an official letter addressed to the President of the Russian Federation and the Chairman of the Security Council Vladimir Putin raised the issue of increasing the number of peacekeeping troops.