The Russian-Turkish center will be located on the territory of Azerbaijan and has nothing to do with the peacemaking operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on the air of "Russia 24" TV channel.
Earlier Tuesday, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the role of Ankara in peacekeeping activities in Nagorno-Karabakh is limited to the framework of the Russian-Turkish center to control the ceasefire and is not directly related to the peacekeeping operation. It added that the center is being created on Azerbaijani territory not adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh.
"It should be clearly understood that this is no longer a peacekeeping effort, which is described in the statement, but a completely different mission, another part of the joint effort. We need to separate it, it's different things," Zakharova said.
"I would like to stress once again that it's not connected, it's not the same thing, it's different things. It's not about the peacekeeping efforts that are written in the statement. Once again I also draw your attention that it will be based on the territory of Azerbaijan," she added.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti