LAVROV WANTS LEADERS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO CONTINUE DIRECT DIALOGUE
Interfax, Russia
June 23 2014
The presidents of Armenia an Azerbaijan should continue direct
dialogue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We will work on continuing the direct dialogue between the presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has now resumed," he told a press
conference in Yerevan following negotiations with Armenian Foreign
Minister Edvard Nalbandyan.
Russia is interested in the prompt settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue, Lavrov said. "We are working on the assumption that this
problem can be resolved on the basis of the principles stated in the
statements by the presidents of Russia, the U.S., and France," he said.
The only thing left to now is to agree on the sequence of the steps
that need to be taken to implement these principles, Lavrov said.
"The more regular the presidents meet, the faster the negotiation
process will be," Lavrov said.
Interfax, Russia
June 23 2014
The presidents of Armenia an Azerbaijan should continue direct
dialogue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We will work on continuing the direct dialogue between the presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has now resumed," he told a press
conference in Yerevan following negotiations with Armenian Foreign
Minister Edvard Nalbandyan.
Russia is interested in the prompt settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue, Lavrov said. "We are working on the assumption that this
problem can be resolved on the basis of the principles stated in the
statements by the presidents of Russia, the U.S., and France," he said.
The only thing left to now is to agree on the sequence of the steps
that need to be taken to implement these principles, Lavrov said.
"The more regular the presidents meet, the faster the negotiation
process will be," Lavrov said.