The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is just emerging from the hot phase, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Armenian counterpart Ara Ayvazyan.

The FM highlighted the importance of the joint statement signed on November 9 by Russian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani leaders.

According to him, this statement stopped the war and ensured an agreement allowing both refugees and internally displaced persons to return to their homes.

The Russian FM noted that an agreement was reached on unblocking all communication both economic and transport.