MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. The Russian side confirms Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s planned talks in Tehran on October 23, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS.

Earlier, the Iranian news agency IRNA said that foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Russia and Turkey could hold a ‘3+3’ format meeting in Tehran on October 23.

"We confirm Lavrov’s talks in Tehran planned for Monday," she said.

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan said on Friday, October 20, that the republic had received an invitation from the Iranian side to partake in the regional meeting of foreign ministers in a ‘3+3’ format in Tehran.