Russian Foreign Ministry: "Russia along with the United States and France is going to continue active mediation in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group"

"The countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict (which includes the United States, France and Russia) voted against the said document.

The joint announcement on the motives of voting explains their position by the narrowness, irrelevance and ineffectiveness of the step of the Azerbaijani side. This position has been presented to this country for more than once", the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, released on Saturday says, according to Interfax.

"In particular, the draft resolution includes only some of the basic principles of settlement, meeting only Azerbaijan's needs, without referring to the definition of the final legal status of Nagorno Karabakh by means of a plebiscite among its population for free and real expression of its will", the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

"This approach made the draft unacceptable for Armenia and deteriorated prospects of the soonest resumption of Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on Nagorno Karabakh conflict following the inauguration of the new President of Armenia", the statement reads.

"Russia along with the United States and France is ready to continue active mediation in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group for the coordination of basic principles of settlement, which will allow to bring back stability and peace to this South Caucasus region", the statement says.

It should be reminded that the UN General Assembly held a voting regarding the Baku-initiated resolution on Nagorno Karabakh. The document was supported by 39 delegation, 7 voted against and 100 abstained from voting.