“Of course, the outbreak of tension in Nagorno-Karabakh - and especially the role of Turkey - adds a hot sauce to this dish,” RIA Novosti Chizhov quotes.
Answering the question whether the European Union can influence the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Permanent Representative of Russia noted that this depends on the level of political will in the EU countries.
Chizhov did not make assumptions about whether the summit of the heads of state of the EU on October 1-2 could make any decisions on relations with Turkey.
Earlier, French leader Emmanuel Macron said that Turkey's bellicose statements on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh are unacceptable and dangerous, pushing Azerbaijan to a military operation in the region.