ArmInfo.The issue of a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh was resolved with the participation of both the United States and France. Their position as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group was taken into account when making decisions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday in an interview with RT, a fragment of which was published on their telegram channel.
"I do not think that it [the issue] was resolved without the participation of the United States, because, of course, the position of the three co-chairs [of the OSCE Minsk Group] - Russia, the United States and
France - which in the last month before the November 9 agreement was repeatedly stated at the level Presidents, at the level of ministers and at the level of special representatives of the co-chairing countries, this position in favor of an immediate end to the bloodshed and the development of a mechanism to control the ceasefire still politically and psychologically influenced the situation, "he said.
Lavrov called the "wounded pride" that is noticed among the representatives of the United States and France on the topic of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sad.
"In my contacts with American and French colleagues, as well as in contacts between President Macron and President Putin on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue over the past few days, a wounded pride is clearly noticed. And this is sad," he said.