View from Moscow: The time for statements is over, it`s time for  action

ArmInfo. The stage of various statements on the current situation in the Karabakh conflict zone, of course, was inevitable. However, at this stage, the impression that  these statements were ignored by those to whom they were addressed  should not be formed. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by  Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on CIS  Issues of the RF State Duma.

"Disregard for statements calls into question the authority of the  OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries.  This is fundamentally  unacceptable if we: Russia, the United States and France are  concerned about our own international weight, image and influence. In  this light, I believe that after the statements of the presidents of  the countries co-chairs on the need to immediately stop hostilities  today, it is also necessary to immediately start discussing joint  effective efforts in this direction, "he stressed.

According to the deputy, this is a complex of measures aimed at an  immediate end to the war. According to Zatulin, these measures should  certainly be taken, since the continuation of the confrontation is  unacceptable. Non-compliance with the agreements, in his opinion,  took place, first of all, due to the lack of agreement between the  parties to the conflict on the issue of the deployment of observers.  In this light, the issue of placing observers, and subsequently  peacekeepers, becomes part of the agenda.

The deputy explained the absence of unilateral assessments of Moscow  at the official level by Russia's desire to remain as a mediator in  the settlement of the conflict. In contrast to the supportive and  inspiring Azerbaijan to continue the war, Turkey. At the same time,  at the expert-analytical level, in the media, assessments are  becoming more and more objective, which Zatulin determines by the  awareness of the need for an objective analysis of what is happening.

"An objective analysis speaks of the initiation of hostilities by  Azerbaijan. The unacceptable requirements and preconditions of Baku  and Ankara to stop the actions initiated by them. This is the lack of  recognition of the right of Artsakh to self-determination and the  withdrawal of Armenian forces from the conflict zone.  This, no  doubt, reveals the presence of an Azerbaijani-Turkish plan to clean  up the entire region, confirming Armenia's statements about the  existential nature of the current problem. Such a strategy of the  Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem cannot be acceptable to Russia under any  condition, "the Russian parliamentarian concluded.