“We are grateful to the Russian Federation for its efforts aimed at the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and improvement of Armenian-Turkish relations,” RA President Serzh Sargsyan stated at his meeting with RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the RA presidential press office told NEWS.am.

The Russian FM pointed out Moscow appreciates “the high-level strategic partnership in all the fields of bilateral cooperation.” Lavrov informed the Armenian leader of a detailed discussion of implementation of bilateral presidential agreements with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.

President Sargsyan and Minister Lavrov exchanged views on problems in the South Caucasus, particularly the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and Armenia-Turkey reconciliation. The Russian FM pointed out that at his January 13 meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan RF Premier Vladimir Putin reaffirmed official Moscow’s position: the two processes are separate ones. Each of the problems is a complicated one and they should not be liked to each other. Minister Lavrov also underlined Russia’s interest in both the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia-Turkey reconciliation.

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