US says Russian-brokered truce that prevented further bloodshed in Nagorno-Karabakh war was actually ‘destabilizing’ influence

A Moscow-brokered ceasefire

A Moscow-brokered ceasefire may have prevented an absolute bloodbath in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, but the US State Department says Russian peacekeepers are a threat to the region.

At a press conference on Wednesday, US Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper was asked by an Azerbaijani reporter whether the country would be able to “counter Russian influence” in the region, given the deployment of nearly 2,000 troops along the disputed border to protect civilians and act as a buffer against further fighting.

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