Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that there was no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports following a telephone conversation between the parties on Thursday.
"The two ministers had a substantive discussion on the situation with Nagorno-Karabakh following regular highest and high-level Russian-Turkish contacts. They emphasized that there was no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the issue and reaffirmed the need to strictly implement the provisions of the Moscow Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia of October 10," the report reads.
"In practical terms, the parties pointed to the importance of negotiating an immediate ceasefire, as well as efforts to coordinate mechanisms for monitoring compliance with it. They also underlined the relevance of prompt and coordinated action to resume the negotiating process based on the OSCE Minsk Group mechanisms in order to achieve practical results," the Russian Foreign Ministry added.
During the conversation, the ministers touched on the status of the UN Security Council’s resolutions on Syria and Libya and the progress in the settlement process of the internal conflict in Ukraine. They also discussed cooperation in the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
In addition, the ministers reviewed the schedule for upcoming Russian-Turkish meetings.
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Based on materials from TASS