MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. The accusations that Russia is trying to monopolize the work on the settlement of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict are unfounded, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Azerbaijani State News Agency AZERTAC on Friday.

"We often hear that Russia is trying to monopolize the work related to the settlement of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and push other mediators aside. That is a misconception," Putin said.

More than twenty trilateral summits on the Karabakh issue with the participation of the Russian president perfectly complement the efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by Russia, the US and France to settle this conflict, Putin said.

"It should be noted that US and French representatives attended the concluding part of the abovementioned trilateral summit in St. Petersburg," the Russian leader said.

In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of State for European Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry Harlem Desir were invited to the meeting between Azeri President Aliyev and Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan held on the initiative of the US in Vienna on May 16, 2016, Putin said.

This approach is an example of how "we can and should work to settle international conflicts. I hope that our joint efforts will help the sides to reach a consensual solution," Putin said.

Russia is not trying to impose ready-made solutions

The president went on to say that Russia is not trying to impose on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides some ready-made solutions, this issue requires a balanced compromise between Armenia and Azerbaijan.