Karabakh Talks Format Cannot be Changed, Warns Lavrov in Response to Aliyev - asbarez.com

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, warned that any effort to alter the format of the Karabakh conflict settlement talks was inadmissible, adding that further delays to the negotiation process is simply “wrong.”Russia’s top diplomat was referring to recent comments by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who in a statement suggested the “Turkey must play a more active role in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, both within the frames of the Minsk Group and other formats.”

“We reiterate that [Karabakh] negotiations process and format cannot be altered,” Lavrov said on Monday during a joint press conference with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan who is in Moscow on an official visit.