Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of international peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh.

At this time, the UK Government has not made an assessment on the adequacy or effectiveness of the Russian 'peacekeeping' forces, although we are aware of the terms of their deployment, as set out in the Trilateral Ceasefire Agreement of 2020. Our view is that any deployment of international observers should follow recognised and accepted international norms. We have been clear that there can be no military settlement to this conflict. As such, we welcome the continued efforts of international partners, including the recent deployment of EU and OSCE Monitoring Missions, to support stability and security in the region.