Kremlin: It is up to Yerevan and Baku to decide on third countries`  participation in the existing formats of the Karabakh settlement

ArmInfo.There is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Press  secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters,  commenting on the statement about the possible dispatch of  paratroopers to Karabakh.

"Russia has done and is doing everything possible to bring the  current situation to the political and diplomatic settlement  platform. We are still convinced that this problem has no alternative  to a peaceful settlement," Peskov said, RIA Novosti reported.

He stressed that Russia intends to continue to make every effort for  a peaceful settlement of this conflict.  At the same time, Peskov  stated with regret that Armenia and Azerbaijan have not yet observed  the Moscow agreements on Karabakh.

"So far, it really cannot be stated that the previously reached  agreements on a ceasefire and on a humanitarian ceasefire are being  respected. Unfortunately, they are not being respected by the  parties," Peskov said, commenting on the statements of the Turkish  Vice President that Russia failed to resolve the crisis in Karabakh  and that the problem cannot be solved without Turkey.

"As for the participation of third countries in the existing  settlement formats, this entirely depends on the political will of  the parties to the conflict. There are two parties to the conflict -  Azerbaijan and Armenia.  And to participate in the settlement of the  conflict as mediator or to participate in the formats is possible  only with the consent of the two parties," summed up the press  secretary of the head of the Russian state. 

Earlier,  First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for CIS  Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, head of  the Institute of CIS countries Konstantin Zatulin  said that it was  Azerbaijan and Turkey that violated the peace in Nagorno-Karabakh,  and noted that Russia could conduct a landing operation in Armenia,  including with the aim of remind which country is leading in the  post-Soviet space.