Iran’s role in the Karabakh conflict is seen as a role of a country not interested in any military escalation on its borders, says editorial posted on Iran.ru website.

The authors emphasize that Iran is not interested in a possible NATO peacekeeping activity in the region.

“It’s hard to imagine that countries like the U.S., France and others would agree to a peacekeeping operation exclusively by the CSTO countries or Russia alone. But the presence of NATO forces in the conflict area, even if it is authorized by the OSCE mandate or the UN, can not but act as an irritant to Iran,” the authors claim.

The authors remind that Iran’s doubt related to the possible presence of NATO troops near its northern borders are objective and can not be ignored.

“Iran’s position on the Karabakh settlement basically comes down to two points. Firstly, it is the necessity of a peaceful solution and no alternative to negotiations,” the article says.

And secondly, Iran considers that exclusively regional states’ involvement in the peace process as a mediating party is the most appropriate option, and this should lead to the ousting of the external actors from mediation in the Karabakh settlement.