The talks between the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, which lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes, have ended, RIA Novosti reported.

Putin and Aliyev discussed the normalization of the situation in Karabakh and bilateral cooperation.

The meeting was preceded by a conversation between Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that lasted a total of more than two hours.

Now the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to hold talks in a trilateral format.