YEREVAN. – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a phone conversation with Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday evening. The phone conversation was held on the initiative of the American side.

They discussed issues related to Armenia-U.S. bilateral ties and cooperation as well as the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents to be held in Vienna on Tuesday with the participation of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

Ahead of the Vienna meeting, Secretary of State reconfirmed his country’s full assistance to peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict. The sides noted there is no alternative to peaceful solution and the necessity to find mutually acceptable mechanisms on the background of basic principles.