Russian Foreign Ministry considers Macron`s statements about Russia`s  role in Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization process absolutely  unacceptable

ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry considers the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia is allegedly using the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to  destabilize the South Caucasus as flagrant and absolutely  unacceptable. This is stated in the comments of official  representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in  connection with the statements of the French leader.

It should be recalled that French President Emmanuel Macron on air  France 2, referring to the September aggression of Azerbaijan,  accused Russia of using the conflict in favor of Azerbaijan. "Russia  used this conflict, which dated back several centuries and played  Azerbaijan's game with Turkish complicity and came back to weaken  Armenia which was once a country it was close to. You see what's  happening? It's an effort by Russia to destabilise. It wants to  create disorder in the Caucasus to destabilise all of us," Macron  emphasized.  

"Such attacks are consistent with the anti-Russian line of the West  to demonize Russia and are evidence of attempts to transfer the logic  of confrontation from Ukraine to other parts of the post-Soviet  space, including the South Caucasus. The absurd fabrications of the  President of France shows the disinterest of Paris in establishing a  lasting peace in the region and call into question the ability of his  country to play a constructive role there>, the Russian Foreign  Ministry believes.  The official representative of the Russian  Foreign Ministry noted that, unlike France, "which even during  periods of exacerbation between Baku and Yerevan limited itself to  standard calls for peace, Russia in practical terms contributed to  the settlement of the conflict." 

"Our country made a decisive contribution to the signing of the  tripartite statement of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia  on November 9, 2020, which put an end to the bloodshed. The  peacekeeping contingent deployed in accordance with the mentioned  agreement remains the guarantor of security in the region.   Peacekeepers effectively prevent incidents in their area of  responsibility, help establish peaceful life - deliver humanitarian  aid, restore infrastructure. With their assistance, 53,000 refugees  returned their homes, more than 2,000 bodies were handed over, a  total of 146 detainees were returned, over 25,000 explosive objects  were defused," Zakharova recalled.

She stressed that it was Russia that launched work on the  comprehensive normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan.   With Russian participation, active efforts continue to promote the  peace agenda based on the statements of the leaders of the three  countries on November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021. In  particular, steps are being taken to unblock all economic and  transport ties in the South Caucasus, to delimit the Armenian- the  Azerbaijani border, the conclusion of a peace treaty, the  establishment of a dialogue between the public and experts.  "Paris's  attempts to drive a wedge into Russia's relations with our friends  Azerbaijan and Armenia, , with which Russia is united by long-term  and multifaceted ties, are doomed to failure and will only lead to  further depreciation of France's authority in the region," the  official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a  comment.