ANTALYA, March 2 Moscow is sorry that Yerevan decided to lead line towards worsening relations with the Russian Federation and blaming Moscow over Karabakh, this is not an ally, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“We are sorry that the Armenian leadership has made, apparently, a conscious decision to consistently pursue a line towards deterioration of relations with the Russian Federation, blaming Russia for everything that happened with Nagorno-Karabakh — this is not an ally, of course,” Lavrov said at his briefing.
He recalled that it was Russia that stopped the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the war could have stopped earlier.
“When the Azerbaijanis had not yet taken Shusha — but then Nikol Pashinyan, in response to Vladimir Putin’s calls, said “no, we will fight to the end.” Well, please.» Although it was possible to stop much earlier, and there were options that made it possible to return Azerbaijani refugees to Shusha, while keeping Shusha as part of Karabakh,» Lavrov recalled.