Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman hopes she soothed Armenian mass media
12.11.2015,
18:43
In retaliation to allegations in Armenian mass media that Russia is pressing Armenian authorities to hand over the regions surrounding the administrative borders of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Azerbaijan, which emerged after a last week visit to Armenia by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, a spokeswoman for Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova urged the sides not to escalate the tension and look for information in open sources.
YEREVAN, November 12. /ARKA/. In retaliation to allegations in Armenian mass media that Russia is pressing Armenian authorities to hand over the regions surrounding the administrative borders of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Azerbaijan, which emerged after a last week visit to Armenia by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, a spokeswoman for Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova urged the sides not to escalate the tension and look for information in open sources.
"I can not add anything to what was told in great detail by Sergey Lavrov during an open press conference in Yerevan on November 9. He spoke in detail about the conflict, including the negotiation process. So I think that we should not escalate the situation. We must refer to original sources, to what the Russian minister said. All this is published on the website (of the Russian foreign ministry),’ Zakharova said at a press briefing in response to a question from an Azerbaijani journalist.
According to her, the Russian side maintains close contacts with Armenian and Azerbaijani colleagues in everything related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"We do not do anything that would harm both countries. Our task has been repeatedly confirmed; it is public, as well as our approaches to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. These approaches are unchanged, and I can only confirm them. I hope that my words have soothed the Armenian media, "- she said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. –0 –
"I can not add anything to what was told in great detail by Sergey Lavrov during an open press conference in Yerevan on November 9. He spoke in detail about the conflict, including the negotiation process. So I think that we should not escalate the situation. We must refer to original sources, to what the Russian minister said. All this is published on the website (of the Russian foreign ministry),’ Zakharova said at a press briefing in response to a question from an Azerbaijani journalist.
According to her, the Russian side maintains close contacts with Armenian and Azerbaijani colleagues in everything related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"We do not do anything that would harm both countries. Our task has been repeatedly confirmed; it is public, as well as our approaches to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. These approaches are unchanged, and I can only confirm them. I hope that my words have soothed the Armenian media, "- she said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. –0 –
