YEREVAN. – We must not expect that Russia will recognize Nagorno-Karabakh in the near future, Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council said.

Arthur Baghdasaryan noted that the documents signed by Russian and Armenian leaders in Moscow condemn threats of use of force in Karabakh.

“Our relations with Russia are reaching a new stage. But, it is too early to assume that Russia will soon recognize Nagorno-Karabakh. The talks will show everything,” Baghdasaryan told reporters on Friday.

He stressed that negotiations will help define Karabakh’s participation in the single customs union.

“I think the conditions offered to Armenia will be applied to Nagorno-Karabakh, too. Such practice was in force in all the reforms that Armenia pursued with Russia or the European Union, for example, the reform of the judicial system with the support of the EU. Everything that was confirmed in Armenia was proposed and confirmed in the NKR. So, Armenia and Karabakh have been and will remain a single economic space. A single customs union is not posing a threat to this,” he said.

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