Saturday, April 9, 2016

Medvedev says aggravation of Karabakh conflict could be caused by external factors

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev did not rule out external factors have caused aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.

"There are forces, which also very attentively analyze consequences from the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and its influence on the situation both in the Middle East, and in Russia, and, vice versa, the reverse influence from the processes, which continue now in the Middle East and in North Africa," he said in an interview with the Vesti V Subbotu weekly program on the Rossiya television channel.


  • "As all conflicts anyway at certain periods may be connected to political decisions," Medvedev said. "Thus, I do not rule out in this case, too, there are factors, which influence this conflict from outside.".

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confirmed as the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh escalated, heads of the Armenian and Azerbaijani General Staffs had come to Moscow to discuss detailed military aspects of ceasefire.

Medvedev said, for Russia as a country having partner, ally relations both with Armenia and with Azerbaijan, it is most important the conflict is not extended, is not developing into the permanent stage. This is why Russia's President Vladimir Putin first day of the recent escalation of the conflict called presidents of Armenia and of Azerbaijan to explain Russia's position on the issue, the prime minister said.

The position, he continued, is "it is most important not to allow escalation, no matter what happens, no matter who began what, no matter what comments are, the most important thing now is to calm down, to stop fire, to announce truce and to get to the negotiations table."

"After that, followed other contacts," he continued. "To us have come representatives of the General Staffs (heads) to discuss detailed military aspects of the ceasefire regime."......More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/868494
9/4/16
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