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The Russian Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, has passed a resolution granting consent to the Russian president to dispatch Russian military servicemen to Nagorno-Karabakh, starting from November 10, TASS news agency reported.

"To grant consent to the president of the Russian Federation to send military servicemen the Russian Armed Forces with the necessary weapons, military and special equipment to Nagorno-Karabakh starting from November 10, 2020, in accordance with the joint statement by the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the prime minister of the Republic of Armenia and the president of the Russian Federation of November 9, 2020, in order to ensure compliance with the agreements on the cessation of hostilities and other hostile actions from the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides to prevent mass civilian casualties and significant damage to civilian facilities," reads the resolution approved by the Federation Council on Wednesday.

To note, a Russian peacekeeping contingent consisting of 1,960 servicemen, 90 armored vehicles, 380 units of vehicles and special equipment has been deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh to control the ceasefire and the cessation military actions. The deployment was envisaged by the joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, signed on November 9 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.