Hoagland: Russia does not want war in Karabakh

STEPANAKERT, MAY 10,  ARTSAKHPRESS: Ambassador Richard Hoagland, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chair from the US, told the aforesaid to Voice of America Armenian and Azerbaijani services.

In the ambassador’s words, Moscow, just like Washington and Paris, wants peace in South Caucasus. Hoagland said it is clear for him that Russia does not want a war in Karabakh, and a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 

According to the US diplomat, all three co-chairs (Russia, US, and France) of the OSCE Minsk Group have closely cooperated to achieve a pacific resolution to the Karabakh conflict, even during a sharp deterioration in US-Russian relations.

As per Richard Hoagland, the mediators are endeavoring to resume full negotiations between the parties to this conflict.