During a telephone conversation, the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, discussed the recent exacerbation of the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.

According to the Kremlin press service, the sides exchanged views on "regional issues in the context of exacerbation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border in July this year." "The Russian side stressed the importance of preventing any action that exacerbates the tension."