YURI MERZLYAKOV: AS MEDIATOR RUSSIA PROVIDES ACTIVE ASSISTANCE IN
SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
YEREVAN, AUGUST 24. ARMINFO. As a mediator Russia provides active
assistance in the settlement of the conflict in Nagorny Karabakh. As
Golos Rossii reports, Russian Cochairman of OSCE Minsk Group for
settlement of the Karabakh conflict Yuri Merzlyakov stated after the
Moscow negotiations of the foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
According to him, if the conflicting parties reach mutual acceptable
agreement then Moscow is ready to become a guarantor of its
fulfillment. But Armenia and Azerbaijan must reach such an agreement
independently, without any interference from outside, Merzlyakov
stressed.