News - Russia MFA: Neither US nor EU can be considered bona fide mediators between Armenia, Azerbaijan

In September, October and November, proposals were sent to the Armenian side to hold negotiations both in Moscow and in the framework of multilateral events, to which we have not yet received clear answers. How can it be unknown when I have just presented the facts? Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian foreign ministry, noted this on Wednesday—and commenting on the statement by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan, that he is not aware of Russia's proposals for signing a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. "At the same time, Yerevan wants to negotiate in Washington and Brussels, although neither the US nor the EU can be considered bona fide mediators for a number of reasons. Their actions are subordinated to the objective of removing Russia from the South Caucasus, they want to destroy the existing security mechanisms in the region and at the same time to shamelessly steal and modify—in accordance with opportunistic considerations—the tripartite agreements reached with the participation of Moscow. Therefore, there is no real benefit from their mediation, nor can it be, as the charge is different, the objective is different...Yerevan's reckless bet that the West will help them has been a fiasco; this is also obvious; it is impossible not to see this. Despite the existing proposals and invitations, the negotiations on the peace treaty are still frozen," added the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry.