The most important is the support to the fundamental concept that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has no military solution.

Alexei Pavlovsky, Director of the Fourth Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia, told the abovementioned to Armenian reporters in Moscow.  

In Pavlovsky’s view, it is therefore very important that Russia and the other Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (US and France) record their position on paper that the 1994-1995 agreement is the basis for the continuation of the ceasefire and the peace talks.

The Russian MFA official noted that the possible deployment of peacekeeping forces in Karabakh is considered in the conflict settlement plans that are put on the negotiating table.

“It is believed that when an agreement is signed, the deployment of peacekeeping forces is possible at the initial phase,” said the Russian diplomat.

And reflecting on the chances of Nagorno-Karabakh returning to the peace talks as a negotiating party, Alexei Pavlovsky noted: “No one has officially submitted such a proposal.”