ArmInfo. The position of Russia on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement remained unchanged. On June 7, in Moscow at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated, answering the question what is the position of the Russian Federation on the return of Artsakh to the negotiating table.
"It has always been the position of resolving the issue through the OSCE Minsk Group, which Armenia is also a participant in Azerbaijan and other countries along with Azerbaijan and other countries.We are convinced that this is the best format and, as one of the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, together with the French and Americans, general, interested, non-contradictory line on creating conditions that would allow Baku and Yerevan to agree, "the Russian minister said. At the same time, he stressed that this work has been going on for many years, there were different stages, and in some of them, representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh participated in this process. Then, according to Lavrov, as agreed by the parties, the format of the negotiations was changed and now it is as it is.
"By the way, Mr. Popov (Russian co-chairman - editor's notes) said that they (the representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh - editor's notes) should return, and if the parties agree, at some stage that Nagorno- Karabakh will be represented at the talks, this will be their decision, and we will respect it., "Lavrov said.