Tuesday, September 29 2020 16:23

ArmInfo. As the Spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov pointed out, Russia calls on Turkey and other countries to persuade Baku and Yerevan to return to a peaceful settlement and not make statements of military support. TASS reports.

The Kremlin is confident that statements about possible military  support for Azerbaijan and Armenia, which are in conflict over  Nagorno-Karabakh, only add fuel to the fire, the parties should be  persuaded to return to a politico-diplomatic way of settlement. This  statement was made by the press secretary of the Russian President  Dmitry Peskov in an interview with reporters on Tuesday.

"The Kremlin, first of all, proceeds from the need for an early cease  of fire and hostilities. Any statements about any military support or  military activity definitely add fuel to the fire. We are  categorically against this and we do not agree with this formulation  of the issue," the representative of the Kremlin noted.

"We call on all countries, especially our partners, such as Turkey,  to do everything to convince the opposing sides to cease fire and  return to a peaceful settlement of this long-standing conflict by  political and diplomatic means," Peskov said.

He stressed that "the Russian side is in constant contact with  Yerevan, Baku and Ankara at various levels." "We collect all  information about what is happening on the line of contact, track all  the news that appears, analyze the situation and use this information  to form our future position and determine next steps together with  our partners in the OSCE group," the Kremlin Spokesman added.  Peskov  stated that Russia and other OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries  should take a responsible position without adventurism for the  settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Of course, you need to understand that as a responsible co-chair of  the relevant OSCE group, the Russian Federation, like other  co-chairs, must take a balanced position, a responsible position,  devoid of any adventurism, "the Kremlin spokesman said. In his  words," only this gives the opportunity for Moscow to really  effectively offer its mediating role in the settlement of this  conflict (in Nagorno-Karabakh).  Commenting on the statements of  director Karen Shakhnazarov, who urged Moscow to determine its  position in connection with the aggravation of the conflict in  Nagorno-Karabakh, Peskov called Shakhnazarov "a respected person with  great authority, talent and an active public figure." "He has the  right to express his position," the Kremlin spokesman said. At the  same time, the press secretary of the Russian leader pointed out the  tasks of the Russian Federation as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk  Group.