There is a dialogue between Yerevan and Baku, and it is being conducted. Maria Zakharova

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that there is a dialogue between Yerevan and Baku, and it is being conducted. According to him, it is obvious.

He made such a statement during the press conference, commenting on the joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of the two countries within the framework of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE and the meeting of Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev within the framework of the CIS Summit.

Zakharova noted that the dialogue exists, an official statement is not needed here. “Russia, based on the role of the co-chairs, will actively contribute to achieving the main goal of positive dynamics,” he said.

Answering the question that the call implies preparing the population of the two countries for peace, he noted that it is a whole set of concrete steps that should be worked out, and the parties and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs should deal with it.

Talking about whether the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be discussed during the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Baku, Zakharova stressed that the settlement of the conflict is always one of the central topics during the visits and contacts of the Foreign Minister to the region.

“It is always discussed both in Yerevan and Baku. This is a basic topic. Russia is one of the co-chairs of that process,” Zakharova concluded.