Footage has appeared on social media from an informal contact between Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Turkmenistan to attend the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which will be held Friday. But on Thursday, the two leaders are participating in a cultural event.

The footage shows Pashinyan sitting between Aliyev and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Also, there is footage where Pashinyan and Aliyev are actively talking.