Russia believes in benefit of Azerbaijan-Armenia peace talks
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Feb 18 2005
Baku, February 17, AssA-Irada — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov says that the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace talks will be beneficial.
“Russia is ready to support a mutually-beneficial agreement to be
reached by the parties to the Upper Garabagh conflict.”
The meetings held by the two countries’ foreign ministers in Prague
will definitely yield results, he said. Lavrov added that “Russia
does not want the fate of South Caucasus states to depend on Moscow
and Washington”.*