VILNIUS.- Talks on settlement of the Karabakh conflict continue intensively, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Russian FM addressed the participants of the OSCE Ministerial Council, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from Vilnius.

He called on the sides to use proposals made by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs recalling that the proposals were elaborated as a result of contacts held on the initiative of Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev and were supported by the head of co-chairing states in Deauville.

Presidents of U.S., Russia and France adopted a joint statement in Deauville on the sidelines of G8 summit this May.