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MOSCOW. - The meeting held in St. Petersburg disavowed all the fears that Russia is allegedly inventing a new format for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, removing the OSCE Minsk Group from the negotiation process (it was even said that Russia allegedly concentrates everything in its hands).  

Official Spokesperson for the Russian MFA, Maria Zakharova, stated the aforementioned Thursday, noting that the meeting of the presidents showed that this is nothing but unjustified hearsay, or maybe unprofessional analytics.

''As you know, the meeting did take place. I'll recall the well-known fact that a similar format has been used by the sides before to discuss sensitive matters. Apparently, in this case not only the link with the OSCE Minsk Group, but also the close contact with the representatives of Troika's co-chairing states, is maintained.  We spoke about this before the meeting as well. As you know, the representatives of the co-chairing states were informed [about the meeting], relevant discussions having been held in St. Petersburg.

This issue was far from receiving minor significance: we are not speaking of a post factum informing. Conversely, the issues had been prepared and the co-chairing countries were notified long before the meeting.

I'll recall that the Russian MFA published a material on its website, which was then edited in connection with the fact that announcing such summits is not the Ministry's prerogative. That statement noted that at the meeting of the Secretary of State and Deputy FM of Russia G.B. Karasin and the French Ambassador to Russia J.-M. Ripert, the upcoming event in St Petersburg – its preparation and content - were discussed among other issues,'' Zakharova noted.

In her words, in terms of the form and content, they are maintaining all the potential, which had been accumulated in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. All its progress and the work itself remains an efficient tool for moving forward.

 ''I think the fact that the sides publicly spoke in favor of St. Petersburg meeting, indicates the  applicability of this format for them. The issue is how to make Armenia and Azerbaijan move forward. The sides themselves highly appreciated this meeting and the efforts exerted, which is the best proof that it was useful.

I read many of the statements of our American and European partners, who supported the results of the meeting, and they also highly appreciated it,'' she concluded.  

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