The Russian side confirms its readiness to organize negotiations in Moscow between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan—and under the auspices of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Both Yerevan and Baku have been informed about this, said Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry.

"We [i.e., Russia] believe that the complications that regularly arise on the ground should not become an obstacle, a reason for ‘freezing’ the negotiation process. And it is necessary to resume work as soon as possible in all directions of the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, including the unblocking of transport communications, border delimitation, signing of a peace treaty, and in connection with civil society contacts," said the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry.