Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has emphasized the need to help Armenia and Azerbaijan "find comfortable formulations for every party",SIA reports.
In an exclusive interview to first deputy Director General of ITAR-TASS Mikhail Gusman, the Russian FM touched upon the next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in Sochi.
"This week the Russian president is planning to have separate meetings with the Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in Sochi where the Nagorno-Karabakh issue may be discussed." "For certain, we’ll talk about strengthening trust and reducing risks of slipping into confrontation," he said.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is exerting maximum effort to adopt a peace deal on the Karabakh basic principles. Of course, we’re worried about the events on the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
The FM said: "The parties accuse each other of provocations. That happened earlier. Unfortunately, for many years we watch an escalation in such fighting. Many people died. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen urged the parties to show maximum restraint and prevent further fighting."
"Every party is rather emotional. We’re taking efforts together with the American and French partners to help solve problems that prevent us from signing an agreement on the common principles of a resolution," Mr. Lavrov said.
"Such political resolution would allow us to normalize the climate. It is not easy. Many attempts were made. We seemed to reach an important stage when accord was achieved. But anything held us up that is why I won’t make predictions," he said.
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