Russia is doing everything to normalize relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the ceremony of handing credentials, TASS reports.

"Our [i.e. Russia’s] collaboration with Armenia and Azerbaijan is being built in this spirit. We have done and are doing everything for the normalization of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations, for the establishment of strong peace in Transcaucasia. We will continue to support the signing of the peace treaty, the delimitation of the state border, and the unblocking of economic and transport communications [between Armenia and Azerbaijan], in line with the well-known high-level trilateral agreements of 2020 to 2022," Putin said.

Also, the Russian president pointed to the useful conversation between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.

"I cannot but express my satisfaction that the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia took advantage of the BRICS platform in Kazan and had a useful conversation on fundamental issues related to the achievement of solid peace and inter-ethnic agreement in the region," Putin said.