YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The Russian peacekeeping troops in Nagorno-Karabakh use the names of locations defined by the topographical maps of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia when performing training and combat tasks, ARMENPRESS reports the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation commented on the criticism of Baku.

"Baku's criticism regarding the name of the Maghavuz settlement is surprising, because previously and many times in the bulletins of the Russian Ministry of Defense, other non-Azerbaijani place names were used in the context of ensuring the escort of motorcades of Azerbaijani citizens through the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. However, it never led to any demands in the information space. Moreover, when coordinating the route of the movement of the convoys and organizing cooperation with the Russian peacekeepers, the Azerbaijani side also uses those place names," the message says.

It is noted that information about violations of the ceasefire regime published in the bulletins of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are recorded at the observation posts of the peacekeepers, using objective control techniques, which allows observation at any time of the day.

"It would not be bad if the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan did not question the activities of the Russian peacekeeping troops in Nagorno-Karabakh on such minor occasions and in close cooperation with it, including on the spot, continue the work of maintaining peace in the region," the statement states.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan made a statement calling on Moscow to use Azerbaijani place names of Nagorno Karabakh.

In the November 24 message of the peacekeeping force, it was mentioned that Azerbaijan violated the cease-fire regime. The incident was registered near Maghavuz village of Martakert region.