Russian defense chief says West 'imposing' mediation services on Yerevan, Baku

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has accused the West of "aggressively imposing" mediation services on Armenia and Azerbaijan.

"Proposals are being made to sign a peace treaty exclusively at Western venues and to their dictates," TASS quoted him as saying on Friday.

According to the Russian defense chief, plans by Washington and Brussels to include Russia’s Armenian partners in the sphere of their interests under the pretext of efforts to enhance security are "of particular concern." The policy course being pursued by the North Atlantic Alliance and the EU toward confrontation with Russia has been fueling tensions in a number of regions of the CSTO’s collective security, he concluded.