News.am. Russia isn’t inclined to have exclusive rights with respect to contact with Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is stated in the statement that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation issued on the occasion of the anniversary of the trilateral statement signed by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020.
“The Russian side is not inclined to have a monopoly of the contacts with Armenia and Azerbaijan, even though Russia is linked to those countries and peoples by the longstanding and close friendship and scaled partnership. We support effective use of the potential of the international community, by adequately taking into consideration the changed realities in the region,” the statement reads.
The Russian MFA also states that a year after the signing of the trilateral statement, it is safe to refute the news that is being spread on social networks and on the Internet that “the peacekeeping efforts of Russia were aimed at separating Nagorno-Karabakh, transferring it to Azerbaijan and turning Armenia into a ‘protectorate’.”
The statement also reads that all the trilateral documents and mechanisms of the Russian side weren’t imposed on the parties, were based on the balance of interests, as well as on the sovereignty and interests of Baku and Yerevan.
