ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the 25th anniversary of the signing by the representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh a cease-fire agreement.
"On May 12, this year marks 25 years since the entry into force of the cease-fire agreement signed by representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The agreement was reached with the direct mediation of the Russian Federation. . It allowed stopping the mass bloodshed and launching the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement by political and diplomatic means.
The agreement of May 12 still remains the basis for the preservation of the cease-fire. The process of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement is complicated. It is experiencing ups and downs. It takes time and the political will of its participants to reach agreement on key aspects of the settlement. We see the readiness of the parties to continue joint work aimed at achieving sustainable peace. The results of the recent meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna and the talks of the ministers of foreign affairs in Moscow testify to this, in particular. For our part, we will actively assist Baku and Yerevan in the search for compromise solutions. As before, we will continue to make consistent mediation efforts in the framework of the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group together with the United States and France ", the statement Russian Foreign Ministry reads.