Lavrov: Moscow, Baku discussing concrete steps able to settle Karabakh conflict
12.07.2016,
12:51
Russia and Azerbaijan are discussing particular steps that can and should lead to progress in Karabakh conflict settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday as he met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.
YEREVAN, July 12. /ARKA/. Russia and Azerbaijan are discussing particular steps that can and should lead to progress in Karabakh conflict settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday as he met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.
Lavrov is quoted by TASS as saying that yesterday he had a detailed, frank and confidential dialogue with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
“We discussed the bilateral relations in principle and identified further steps that can and should lead to progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement,” he said. “I fully share your words as regards our bilateral relations and strategic partnership: they are developing in all directions, without exception."
Mammadyarov for his part noted the "high level of the dialogue that is intensifying." According to him, the parties are engaged in dialogue on many issues, including, economic, humanitarian matters and the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
"There is the hope that the intensification of the negotiating process will make it possible to untie the knot of the conflict", he said. --0---
Lavrov is quoted by TASS as saying that yesterday he had a detailed, frank and confidential dialogue with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
“We discussed the bilateral relations in principle and identified further steps that can and should lead to progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement,” he said. “I fully share your words as regards our bilateral relations and strategic partnership: they are developing in all directions, without exception."
Mammadyarov for his part noted the "high level of the dialogue that is intensifying." According to him, the parties are engaged in dialogue on many issues, including, economic, humanitarian matters and the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
"There is the hope that the intensification of the negotiating process will make it possible to untie the knot of the conflict", he said. --0---
