Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Antonio Guterres also expressed full support for efforts by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs

Besides, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia fully runs counter to the interests of external actors, noted Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club Fyodor Lukyanov

The two diplomats also discussed key issues of bilateral relations, cooperation within the framework of the CIS, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization

The Russian top diplomat is confident that the signing of the initiatives would mark an important step towards the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions

The two top diplomats met in Bratislava on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Conference in the Slovak capital

" I hope a meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers due later this week will help consolidate these processes," he said

He highlighted that several stages of negotiations between the leaders, as well as the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia had been held this year, and the next foreign ministers’ meeting soon to be held in Slovakia

Moscow will be able to act as a guarantor of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, the Russian foreign minister stated

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he is confident negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh will continue