BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31. NATO and the European Union's confrontational stance toward Russia is causing increased tension in Georgia and affecting Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said at the meeting of the Defense Ministerial Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Trend reports via TASS.
The Russian defense minister noted that some NATO nations are trying to fortify their positions in the Caucasus in order to obtain resources from the Caspian Sea and enter Central Asia directly.
“The situation is being destabilized, and protests in Georgia, aimed at promoting active anti-Russian actions, are being financed,” Belousov emphasized.
He added that mediation services are being forcefully imposed on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve conflicts, with proposals to sign a peace treaty exclusively on Western platforms and under Western influence.
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