The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to Pashinyan's statement about the participation of 2 CSTO countries in preparing for the Nagorno-Karabakh war

Do you remember when there was a song like this and the phrase "My dear, guess for yourself" in it? To be honest, I am interested in what countries the Prime Minister of Armenia was talking about. We all have to figure it out for ourselves, or will they tell us later? This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during the briefing held on May 23. "It will be quite logical to raise them, if we are talking about such serious statements. Let's leave this to official Yerevan," he added. Zakharova assured that Russia has done everything possible. "And Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about this on October 17, 2020, on Russian television. Direct quote. "So that Armenia does not feel abandoned and forgotten." Everything was done to make it happen exactly as the Russian President said. Literally from the very first days of the armed conflict in the fall of 2020, the Russian side made the most active political and diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire. Those who have forgotten can literally recall all relevant announcements and press releases. In addition, each step was accompanied by official comments, including through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Let me remind you that at that time there were many telephone conversations between the President of the Russian Federation and the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia. After the negotiations organized by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, Armenia and Azerbaijan A preliminary truce was announced with the Foreign Ministers on October 10, 2020. Let me remind you that the possibility of concluding a truce agreement was still in October 2020. Then the President of Russia convinced the President of Azerbaijan to stop the war, and he was ready to do it. But the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, insisted on continuing the military operations. What did this lead to? This led to the capture of Shushi, which opened the way to Stepanakert. Everyone remembers this very well, and all this is documented. Thanks to the personal involvement of the President of Russia, on November 9, 2020, it was possible to bring the parties to sign the tripartite statement. This statement announced the complete cessation of fire. These documents and the tripartite agreements adopted by the leaders of the three countries during their development, which were reached in 2021-2023, remain the only road map for the stable process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, Zakharova noted. Let's remember that on May 22, Armenia During a question-and-answer session with the government in the parliament, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he knows at least two CSTO countries, which, in his estimation, participated in the preparation of the 44-day war against Armenia, while creating an imitation that they wanted to help.