Moscow continues to play a role in destabilizing the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

The American general said Russia continues to fuel “protracted conflicts” in neighboring nations.

“Moscow continues to play a role in destabilizing the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, by selling arms to both parties -- Armenia and Azerbaijan -- while maintaining troops in Armenia, despite an international pledge to co-chair Minsk Group charged with seeking resolution of the conflict,” he said.

According to the general, in addition to recent conventional and nuclear developments, Russia has employed a decades-long strategy of indirect action to coerce, destabilize, and otherwise exercise a malign influence over other nations.