“Our role in the process of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is to assist the conflicted parts to find ways of solution on the basic principles acceptable for both sides.
But it doesn’t aim to dictate any option to the sides”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin said in his interview to “Armenian Republic” newspaper, APA reports. Karasin said main responsibility falls on Azerbaijani and Armenian sides in the settlement of the conflict. “Russia has been an active mediator in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict since the beginning of the conflict. Moscow is carrying out this duty together with France and the United States as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. At the same time, our mediation efforts are realized through the relations with our partners from Yerevan and Baku. It is notable that during the meeting with Armenian president in Moscow on October 12, Russian president Dmitriy Medvedev called the participation of Russia in the settlement of the Nagoro Karabakh conflict as a denomination of relations between our countries”.
Grigoriy Karasin said Russia willing to support any solution acceptable for both sides. “Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents met for seven times in 2009 and four tripartite meetings were held between the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents. Despite the existent differences, the sides reached significant progress toward agreement on the basic principles. Moscow is ready to take all possible steps to move this process forward”.
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