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    Emil Lazarian
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Top Armenian diplomat lauds Russia’s role in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

TASS, Russia
Dec 10 2020

PARIS, December 10. /TASS/. Russia’s efforts to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict helped to save thousands of lives, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian said in an interview with Le Monde.

"In the 44 days of conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a lot of effort to achieve a ceasefire. There were three attempts to establish it. Their interference helped to save thousands of lives," he underlined.

Renewed clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27 in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting from November 10. The Russian leader said the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides would maintain the positions that they had held, and Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS