Involvement of any country in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh should be coordinated with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told on Tuesday, answering the question whether Turkey should be more involved in the next round of negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh.
"Here the point of view of only two sides is important, we mean the opposing countries - Azerbaijan and Armenia. Only the opposing countries can give their consent or ask this or that state to participate in the settlement process," the Kremlin representative said.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27, 2020, and active battles began on the disputed territory. Both sides report deaths and injuries, including among civilians. A ceasefire had already been agreed twice before but both sides began reporting violations almost immediately. On October 25, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed upon new - third cease-fire regime for humanitarian purposes with the mediation of USA that took effect on October 26 at 07:00 Moscow time. Afterwards, however, both sides also accused each other of violations.
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