On Tuesday, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, during a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, pointed to the danger of the involvement of militants from Syria and Libya in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, statement of the RF Foreign Ministry reports.
"Moscow and Tehran expressed serious concern about the unprecedented escalation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", the Ministry reports. The danger of involving radical militants of illegal armed groups from Syria and Libya was emphasized.
Sergey Lavrov pointed to the intensive efforts of Russia both in its national capacity and within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs for the speedy establishment of peace in the region. In this regard, the Ministers stated that there is no alternative to a diplomatic settlement, the beginning of which should be a ceasefire without preconditions.
