Russian Senator Aleksey Pushkov on Thursday commented on Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay's statement that they were ready to send Turkish troops to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone if the Azerbaijani authorities requested.

"Turkish military in Karabakh? This would lead to the escalation and internationalization of the conflict and would rule out the peace scenario. Not to mention the rebirth of the ghosts of the past," Pushkov wrote on Twitter.