"Russia will try to move Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement forward" - UPDATE

Russia, as an OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, will continue its efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a press conference in Moscow, the Russia-24 TV channel reported.

"Besides participating in the "troika", Russia in the face of President Medvedev uses its relations with Baku and Yerevan to try to solve the problems in the format of the presidents of three countries", the minister said.

He said that Medvedev held more than ten meetings with colleagues from Baku and Yerevan.

The foreign ministers of these countries also negotiate. The next meeting will be held soon.

"We strive to find solutions to the two or three issues. Though there are few problems compared to the already agreed ones, but they are the most difficult ones," Lavrov said.

"The most important thing at this stage is not to interfere with this process, because as soon begins the podiums of such organizations as the UN and the OSCE are involved, the question transfers from the business discussion to the sphere of polemics. It does not promote the rapprochement of positions, but only provokes the aggravation of approaches and antagonism between the parties. "So far one managed to overcome these syndromes mostly by the efforts of our president, who created the atmosphere for the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to find solutions. We will continue our efforts," Lavrov added.


/Trend/