Russia is interested in establishing stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible, said Russian ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin, in an interview with Izvestia.

"It is important that this document [i.e. the peace treaty expected to be signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan], which is crucial for the region, is based on a fair solution of all mutual concerns, without ‘bitterness’ for any of the parties. We [i.e. Russia] clearly see that reaching mutually acceptable compromises between Yerevan and Baku is a difficult and time-consuming process, taking into account the events that preceded after the collapse of the USSR.

Russia is always ready to provide support to our Armenian and Azerbaijani partners in the normalization of bilateral relations, following the spirit and letter of the trilateral agreements of 2020-2022 between the leaders of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

The forms and amount of such assistance should be chosen by the negotiating parties themselves. In this regard, we are happy that at the BRICS summit held in [Russia’s] Kazan [city] on October 24, effective contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place at the highest level, which made it possible to give a useful impetus to the dialogue on the normalization of relations," added the Russian ambassador to Armenia.