Medvedev confirms his country's readiness to contribute to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution

Russia calls on all countries to refrain from confrontational foreign policy and form a new joint approach to solve the actual problems, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at the ceremony of presentation of credentials of foreign ambassadors to Russia today.

In particular, referring to the Armenian Ambassador, Medvedev confirmed Russia's readiness to contribute to the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

"Russia is ready to further assist in positively promoting the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement," he said noting that he is confident that it fully meets the interests of preserving peace in the Caucasus.

Russia considers as a priority to continue to work within the framework of integration associations in the CIS and, of course, substantive interaction on the international arena, he added.

"In foreign policy, we sought to ensure the necessary conditions to work together to create a new design for work and to form a new joint approach, instead of confrontational politics and archaic geopolitical apportionments, to deal effectively with such major global challenges such as terrorism, food shortages, climate change and create a fair, balanced and stable peace and order, he added.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.

/Trend News/