Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Oleg Siromolotov had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vardan Toghanyan.

As reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the parties exchanged views in the context of the ongoing escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. “The inadmissibility of the transfer of militants of illegal armed groups from a number of countries of the Middle East and North Africa to the region and the need for immediate withdrawal of those militants from the region were highlighted,” the press release states.