It is incorrect to say that the Russian Federation “gave” Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the statement of Armenian political figures.
“Some figure there, in my opinion, the head of parliament, allowed himself to speak out in the sense that Russia gave Karabakh to Azerbaijan,” Lavrov explained at a press conference following the G20 summit, TASS reports.
According to him, “it’s hard to imagine a more incorrect and dishonest statement. Moreover, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed trilateral agreements in November 2020, Lavrov recalled. He added that the statement of the Armenian authorities is “absolutely untrue.”
The day before, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan reproached Russia. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, he said that Armenia’s dependence on Russia in the field of security is a mistake. According to him, “today, when Russia needs weapons and ammunition, it is clear that even if it wanted, the Russian Federation would not be able to provide for Armenia’s security needs.” At the same time, Russia, according to the Prime Minister of Armenia, is moving away from it due to its actions or inaction in the South Caucasus. He also reproached Moscow for the fact that the Russian peacekeeping forces are not fulfilling their mission according to the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020; they do not control the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, Russia either cannot or does not want to maintain control over this corridor.
Source: Rosbalt
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