Russia FM: We support Yerevan’s commitment to peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict

We support Yerevan’s commitment to the exclusively peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov stated at a joint press-conference with his Armenian counterpart in Yerevan.

Mr Lavrov expressed conviction that the parties must proceed with the attempts aimed at drawing out mutually beneficial consensual grounds. He stressed that as an OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair and participant of the Troika, Russia will continue to actively take part in the achievement of a positive result.

For his part, Mr Nalbandian stressed that official Yerevan highly appreciates the efforts of the Russian side and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in the issue of the exclusively peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, and will continue working with the same spirit.