Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone during phone talks with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Jeyhun Bayramov and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

During the talks, the need to strictly follow the ceasefire was emphasized. The importance of the agreement reached in Moscow on the beginning of substantive talks with the aim of reaching a peaceful settlement on the basis of basic principles with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs was reaffirmed.

Lavrov noted the continuing relevance of the statement by the presidents of Russia, the United States, and France on Nagorno-Karabakh on October 1.