Russian and Armenian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Ara Ayvazyan discussed by phone the resolution of humanitarian issues and the establishment of cooperation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The parties continued discussing the implementation of the November 9, 2020, statement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, the agreements reached at the Moscow summit on January 11, 2021, including in the context of solving humanitarian issues and establishing multilateral cooperation in the region," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the conversation.
Smolenskaya Square also noted that the foreign ministers also touched upon a number of urgent topics on the bilateral and international agenda.
The joint statement of the three countries' leaders was signed on November 9 and made it possible to achieve a complete cessation of military operations in the conflict zone around Nagorno-Karabakh, which had been conducted there since September 27. According to the document, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides stopped at the occupied positions, then a number of areas passed under Baku's control, and Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the line of contact and the Lachin corridor. After the deployment of Russian peacekeepers, the situation in Karabakh stabilized.
On January 11, at the initiative of the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Moscow. As a result of the trilateral talks, which lasted about four hours, an agreement was reached to create a working group at the level of deputy prime ministers of the three countries, which will focus on the establishment of transport and economic relations in the region. Baku and Yerevan have disputed Nagorno-Karabakh's belonging since February 1988, when it announced its secession from the Azerbaijani SSR.
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Based on materials from TASS