Artsakh Republic Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan, who is in Yerevan on a working visit, met on November 27 with Armenian FM Ara Ayvazyan, Artsakh MFA reported.

Masis Mayilyan again congratulated Ayvazyan on his appointment, expressing confidence that, through the coordinated efforts of the MFAs, it will be possible, in the current difficult conditions, to find effective solutions around the difficult problems faced by the two Armenian states and to realize the common Armenian goals.

The sides touched upon the prospects for the settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict. The ministers also discussed the steps taken to withdraw the bodies of the Armenian soldiers killed in the September 27 aggression against Artsakh, to clarify the fate of the missing, and to release the prisoners of war and hostages.

Masis Mayilyan noted that international recognition of the independence of the republic to guarantee the rights of citizens of Artsakh to live freely and with dignity in their native land is also on the foreign policy agenda of Artsakh.