Armenia understands that it is necessary to convince the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to meet with Azerbaijani representatives as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated in his comments on the results of trilateral negotiations with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

 “The Armenian side has an understanding of the need to convince the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to meet as soon as possible with Azerbaijani representatives to agree on the rights arising from the relevant legislation and from international obligations (in this case, of Azerbaijan), including numerous conventions on ensuring the rights of national minorities,” he said.

Lavrov also stressed that Baku and Yerevan are “ready on a mutual basis” to provide guarantees for ensuring the rights of national minorities in their territories.

The Russian Foreign Minister also noted that Moscow welcomes the desire of those countries that want to assist Armenia and Azerbaijan in search for mutually acceptable solutions, but there should be no artificial imposing of agreements from outside “for the sake of beautiful headlines in the media and of geopolitical and domestic political consideration.”