Armenia and Azerbaijan are countries with which we have allied relations — to develop a peace treaty that would open the way for and signify a sustainable long-term settlement of relations, rather than laying a 'mine' for future generations.

Axar.az reports that this was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin.

Naturally, we are always ready to facilitate moving forward, and we are against the signing of any rushed documents, as the West insists, which seeks to quickly push Armenia and Azerbaijan to conclude a peace treaty on any Western platform. Such hasty, ill-thought-out, and not fully verified decisions may not lead to long-term sustainable peace but rather plant seeds of future confrontation, which, of course, we consider extremely undesirable for Armenia and Azerbaijan, the South Caucasus, or Russia.Unfortunately, the work of the trilateral group led by the deputy prime ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia on unlocking transport communications and restoring economic ties is currently interrupted and frozen, so to speak. Of course, we urge the parties, and first of all our Armenian friends, to return to work within this group. The Russian side is always ready to provide all possible assistance to the parties if they wish.