Russian Foreign Minister: The task of Russia is to help Armenia and  Azerbaijan find a peaceful way to resolve the aggravated  contradictions.

ArmInfo.The tragedy that befell Transcaucasia is our common pain. We are far from indifferent to the fact that hostilities have unfolded between the two peoples  traditionally friendly to Russia because of a problem that, in our  deep conviction, had long had to be solved exclusively by political  and diplomatic means. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said  this in a written interview to Kommersant.

According to him, taking into account the fact that Russia is  connected with Azerbaijan and Armenia by a common history, culture,  advanced humanitarian and economic ties, the manifestation of diktat,  coercion, the use of the pressure path from the Russian Federation is  more than inappropriate. The task of Russia as the main mediator is  to help Armenia and Azerbaijan get out of the hot phase and find a  peaceful way to resolve the aggravated contradictions. "We are  working in this direction at all levels. Russian President Vladimir  Putin practically on a daily basis makes mediation efforts aimed at  resolving the situation. On his initiative, an agreement was reached  on a humanitarian truce at the end of the first decade of October. We  are doing everything possible, including together with the United  States and France, co-chairmanship partners in the OSCE Minsk Group,  so that this agreement works in full force. At the same time, we  offer possible options for a political settlement. We hope that  ultimately a constructive approach will prevail in Baku and Yerevan,  hostilities will stop and the Karabakh process will return to  political mainstream, "- said the head of the Russian Foreign  Ministry.

Sergey Lavrov noted that the Russian authorities have taken  preventive measures to prevent clashes between citizens of the  Russian Federation of Azerbaijani and Armenian origin on Russian  territory. "We, of course, are concerned about the  internationalization of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the  involvement of militants from the Middle East. We have repeatedly  called on external players to use their capabilities to prevent the  transfer of mercenaries, whose number in the conflict zone, according  to available data, is already approaching 2,000. in particular, it  was raised by Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation with  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 27, in regular  contacts with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia (President Ilham  Aliyev and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - Kommersant). We  persistently continue to promote our position through various  channels ", - said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

He also stated that it is difficult to achieve a sustainable  ceasefire without agreements on effective control measures. The  Moscow statement of October 10 states that the specific parameters  for observing the ceasefire will be further agreed upon. This is a  pretty tricky job. There are various approaches to solving this  issue. There are options for using various electronic means of  control, a hotline between Yerevan and Baku, observers under the  auspices of the OSCE, conducting operations with the participation of  military contingents. So far, it has not been possible to agree on  all parameters. Work in this direction continues, including within  the framework of the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. "The  main thing is that any mechanism must be acceptable to the parties  and assume the possibility of an early deployment," the head of the  Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.