Pashinyan finds deployment of Russian peacekeepers 'optimal solution' to Karabakh conflict
The deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) is now the “optimal solution” to the conflict, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with the Telegraph.
“I am in favour of deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the conflict zone," Pashinyan said. "But the problem is that deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the conflict zone needs to be acceptable to all sides of the conflict."
The premier also said that Europe should do more to stop President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey – a Nato member – from backing Azerbaijan.
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said on October 24 that Yerevan supports the idea of deploying Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, TASS reported. The Armenian side believes that such a step will make it possible to reach a ceasefire in the region and further strengthen it.