Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to take efforts to promote normalization of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday after their telephone conversation, TASS reports.

“The two top diplomats hailed the agreement on cessation of hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and agreed to take efforts to promote normalization of the situation in the regions,” the Ministry said, adding that the two top diplomats also discussed other issues on the common agenda.