Russia Says Armenian-Azeri Peace Deal Is Closer Than Ever
- Diplomatic push intensifies to end Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Failure of talks could prompt return to war, analyst warns
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Russia is taking the lead in ramping up international efforts to end the conflict between Azeris and Armenians over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh after the worst outbreak of fighting in more than 20 years.
“We have reasons to believe that we’re much closer now to success than ever before” in reaching a peace deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference Tuesday in the Azeri capital, Baku, after talks with President Ilham Aliyev. Negotiations “have never been so intensive. They’re also substantive” Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the same event.