As the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair state Russia is actively assisting in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, but is against imposing recipes for conflict settlement on the sides, Russian Deputy FM Grigory Karasin said. “We stand against imposing of any recipes from outside. The responsibility for the final decision should lie on Armenians and Azeris,” Karasin said in an interview published in Region+ Azeri magazine. In Karasin’s words, Russia will support a variant that will prove admissible for the conflicting parties.
“In our opinion, the decision should bring back stability and peace to the Transcaucasus. It will help to maintain the geopolitical balance of forces and avoid transformation of the region into a field for international political and military rivalry,” the Russian diplomat said. Karasin also added that during the recent year Armenia and Azerbaijan advanced on the way to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
At the same time he remarked that “the issues remaining on the agenda are as complicated as the conflict itself and it’s time to proceed from talks to decisions and demonstration of political will in order to coordinate the fundamental principles and open the way for long-lasting peace.”
