Lavrov: Internationalization of conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, involvement of mercenaries in it raise Russia’s concern

Moscow, SANA- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Russia is concerned about the attempts of internationalization of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the involvement of militants from the Middle East in this conflict.

Lavrov said in an interview with Kommersant on Tuesday, that Russia have repeatedly called on external players to use their capabilities to prevent the transfer of mercenaries, whose number in the conflict zone, according to the data Russia has, is already approaching 2,000.

The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that there is decisive evidence that the Turkish regime is recruiting and transferring mercenaries from Syria to Azerbaijan to participate in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Defense Ministry said that the defense army units have captured a terrorist and his first interrogation leaves no doubts that mercenary terrorists are present on the frontline of the Azerbaijani army.

Hala Zain