The Kremlin can use Azerbaijan and Armenia to distract from Ukraine - the State Department

Russia is capable of "throwing shrubs into the fire" in the conflict between Baku and Yerevan, although the situation is also reassured, the US Secretary of State Blinken said. Russia can use the confrontation between Azerbaijan and Armenia to distract from a full -scale war against Ukraine. On Tuesday, September 13, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, CNN reports.

According to the head of the State Department of the United States, he is concerned about whether the Russian Federation "toss the bush into the fire" in the conflict between Baku and Yerevan, "to distract from Ukraine". At the same time, the Kremlin, if he wants, can use its influence to reassure the situation and urge Azerbaijan and Armenia to the peace process.

Blinken reported that on Monday evening, September 12, he negotiated with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, during which the parties called for every effort to avoid conflict and return to talking about a strong peace. "We have again witnessed the outbreak of fighting that no one is interested in," the US Secretary of State said.

We will remind, on the evening of September 12, Armenia accused the armed forces of Azerbaijan of shelling of the southeastern borders, Yerevan appealed to the organization of the Collective Security Treaty (OCCB), in which the Russian Federation. According to Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, at least 49 Armenian servicemen were killed as a result of firing of borders.