Russia has consistently been for the consolidation of peace, stability and security, mutual confidence, friendly relations and tolerance in the Transcaucasus, RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in his message to the scientific and practical conference “Security in South Caucasus: realizing interests of regional nations”, which has been opened in Yerevan.

Minister Lavrov expressed the confidence that the Caucasian peoples, which have for centuries been living together, will settle disagreements and turn the region into a zone of peace and prosperity.

“Due to various factors, including geopolitical ones, the Caucasus has turned into a ‘nerve knot’ of international politics,” Lavrov said. The Russian FM expressed the opinion that these complicated processes need to be thoroughly considered by the scientific community, civil institutions and public.