Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh – President Vladimir Putin plays a key role and Russia should be recognized as the balancer of Europe
On November 10 Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have signed a cease-fire agreement at least for now putting to an end the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. While doubts remain regarding the finality of peace, Russian media salute the Russian peacemakers deployed in the region and the role of Vladimir Putin in concluding the negotiations.
The Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov pointed out that Vladimir Putin played a key role in the peace settlement, with “days of intensive, sometimes round the clockwork” with both conflicting parties. On top of that, the peace in the region, as well as safety and future of its inhabitants, are now guaranteed solely by Russian peacekeepers.
In an interview with RT, Mr Peskov also highlighted that Moscow promoted the formulas for conflict management in Nagorno-Karabakh for many years even before its recent peak. Therefore, the role of Russia in the settlement of the conflict was practically natural. He added, however, that the consensual claims of three presidents – Putin, Trump and Macron, played a major role in stimulating the peace talks. Nevertheless, nothing could be done until the parties to the conflict had requested the direct intervention of Vladimir Putin.
On the other hand, there is some degree of surprise over the fact that now the United States and France are requesting more information about the agreement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia since from the beginning of negotiations, close communication was upheld with the Minsk Group of OSCE. It must be thus “lack of awareness or a misunderstanding” from the side of Western leaders.
The overall “victory” for the Russian influence in the region has produced a broader view of the role of Moscow as “the Balancer of Europe.” According to the article by RT, it has been many years that Moscow is suggesting various solutions to the problem of terrorism in Europe (no references given by the source), and it would settle the conflict in Belarus much better than Europe (again, not specified how). “The language of sanctions” that Europe has been speaking up to this point is, sadly, neglecting the balancing powers of Russia that could help make the world a “beautiful place.”
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