The European Union should not be involved in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Artsakh’s State Minister Artak Beglaryan said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday.

"Given the format of the Minsk Group co-chairmanship and the effective role of the Russian peacekeeping mission, we believe that the Karabakh conflict settlement should not become a subject of negotiations for the European Union," Beglaryan said.

He stresses the need for dialogue, adding at the same time that it should not be “part of Russia's complex relations with the West at this point.” There is already an internationally recognized format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, who are responsible for the conflict settlement, Beglaryan noted.