Russian, Turkish FMs discuss S. Caucasus, normalization of Baku-Yerevan relations – Russian Foreign Ministry

Interfax

Dec 22 2023

MOSCOW. Dec 22 (Interfax) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan spoke on Friday to discuss bilateral and international issues, including the situation in the South Caucasus.

"The sides exchanged opinions on pressing issues of the bilateral and international agendas with emphasis on the current situation in the South Caucasus, taking into account the special role of regional countries in assisting with the normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its website on Friday.

The sides touched on "certain aspects of Russian-Turkish cooperation, including the schedule of upcoming top- and high-level contacts," the ministry said.

Earlier, Lavrov also spoke by phone with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and discussed the regional agenda and agreements reached by the two countries' presidents during talks on December 7.

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS