The Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia Ceyhun Bayramov and Sergey Lavrov on Thursday discussed issues of development of bilateral relations and normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan at a meeting in the margins of the CIS Ministerial Council in Dushanbe. This was reported by the press service of the foreign ministry of Azerbaijan.
"The ministers discussed issues of development of relations between the two countries in various directions. The sides exchanged views on the current situation in the region, once again stressed the importance of full implementation of the trilateral statements (on Karabakh) to ensure peace and security, and noted the importance of steps aimed at normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia," the statement said.
According to the MFA of Azerbaijan, Bayramov and Lavrov also discussed issues "on the regional and international security agenda" at the meeting.
On November 9, 2020, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a joint statement on the full cessation of military operations in the conflict zone around Nagorno-Karabakh. As a continuation of the settlement process, they met in Moscow on January 11, 2021. During that meeting, a new joint statement was signed, which, in particular, provided for the unblocking of all economic and transport communications in the region. At the same time it was agreed to establish a trilateral working group at the level of deputy prime ministers to address this and other tasks. On November 26, 2021 the three leaders met again, this time in Sochi. They agreed to take steps to improve stability and security along the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, and stipulated the need for a bilateral commission to delimit the border with subsequent demarcation, with Russia expressing its readiness to provide consultative assistance at the request of the parties.
At a meeting in Brussels on April 6 this year, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and EU Council President Charles Michel instructed the foreign ministers to begin preparations for negotiations on a peace agreement.
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Based on materials from TASS