Lavrov: CIS support would have been effective to settle the situation  between Armenia and Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. It's no secret that the philosophy of "divide and rule" is actively used by the West in relation to the states of the former Soviet Union. Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov announced this on September 30 at the 18th  meeting of the CIS security and special services on intelligence  issues.

 "The goal is absolutely clear - to further fragment the  post-Soviet space, quarrel our countries and peoples, impose  unprofitable interaction schemes, push to the margins of global  processes," Lavrov said.

According to him, the most striking result of such a destructive  course is the transformation of Ukraine into an anti-Russian  foothold. At the same time, he added that "it was precisely for this  that efforts were directed to establish a Russophobic regime in Kyiv,  pumping up the armed forces and "neo-Nazi formations" with modern  weapons."

Lavrov also recalled the attempted color revolution in Belarus two  years ago. "But it is obvious that not a single CIS state is immune  from this kind of interference in internal affairs. This is clearly  seen in the impudent actions of the US, NATO, the European Union in  Central Asia and the South Caucasus," the Russian minister believes.   At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry pointed to  the imperative of building up honest and open cooperation between the  CIS countries in a rapidly changing world in order to ensure national  security. "In order to effectively respond to common threats and  challenges, including those emanating from Afghanistan, we attach  great importance to deepening cooperation within the CSTO," Lavrov  said, recalling the successful CSTO peacekeeping mission in  Kazakhstan in January this year, which testifies to the maturity of  the organization.  

"Now the possibility of using CSTO observers to help create favorable  conditions for the implementation of the agreements between the  leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, in particular, on the  delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and in general on  the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, including  the signing of an appropriate agreement, is being considered. I think  that support from the CIS would also  have been effective," the  Russian minister said.