LAVROV INTENDS TO DISCUSS COOPERATION OF RUSSIA AND ARMENIA IN SPHERE OF SECURITY IN TRANSCAUCASIA
ArmInfo
2008-10-01 18:47:00
ArmInfo. Within the next few days Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov will visit Yerevan to discuss the cooperation of Russia
and Armenia in the sphere of security in Transcaucasia, official
representative of the Russian foreign ministry Andrey Nesterenko
says. Nesterenko notes that during the visit Lavrov will tell Armenian
Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan about the Russian assessment of the
situation "which arose as a result of Georgia’s aggression against
South Ossetia and Russia’s decisions on recognition of independence
of South Ossetia and Abkhazia". According to Nesterenko, Moscow hopes
for continuation of joint close work within the frames of CIS and
CSTO, as well as other authoritative international organizations,
including the UN, CoE and OSCE. The diplomat points out that the
discussions will also cover the Karabakh peace process. "Russia will
be ready to support the variant of the conflict settlement which be
acceptable for the parties to the conflict, and it will be a guarantor
of settlement if compromise agreement is reached", Nesterenko says.