YEREVAN. - Meetings on Karabakh issue must take place already in near future, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volinkin told Armenian News – NEWS.am Monday, responding to the question as to whether any meetings between the Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives are scheduled.

In his words, such meetings are necessary, since the conflict can be resolved only through talks.

To the question on whether Russia is going to take any new measures not used earlier in order to prevent the Azerbaijani aggression on the Line of Contact with the Nagorno-Karabakh Armed Forces and on the border with Armenia, Volinkin said: ''Russia has always exerted efforts towards the settlement of this conflict, and these efforts will continue. Apparently, there will be meetings and talks on this topic. I think this will happen some time in near future.''