Armenia and Azerbaijan are interested in normalizing the situation with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the meeting with MGIMO students and teachers.
He said that the day before he spoke with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov.
"We have a feeling that both sides are interested in calming the situation and resuming the meetings that the representatives of the [OSCE Minsk group] co - chairs are organizing in the region," he said.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia began in February 1988 and was caused by the question of ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh, which declared its secession from the Azerbaijan SSR. During the 1992-1994 armed conflict, Azerbaijan lost control of the region and seven surrounding areas. Since 1992, negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict have been held within the framework of the OSCE Minsk group, which is chaired by Russia, the United States and France.
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Based on materials from TASS