ArmInfo. During the escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh in September-November 2020, Russia, together with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (the United States and France), actively worked to end the bloodshed. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrei Rudenko in an interview with the Moscow-Baku news agency.
He recalled that in October 2020, important statements were made at the level of the presidents and foreign ministers of the three countries, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the resumption of negotiations between the conflicting parties. "It was the basic principles of settlement developed by the the OSCE MG co-chairs that formed the basis of the Statement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on a complete ceasefire and all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone of November 9, 2020. We are sure that the format of the OSCE MG co-chairs should and continue to play a leading role in overcoming the consequences of the crisis, searching for ways of a lasting and long-term settlement of the conflict through political and diplomatic means, "concluded Rudenko.