Lavrov spoke about Russia’s desire to stabilize the situation in the South Caucasus

Russia will seek to fulfill all agreements on stabilization in the South Caucasus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

“We will do our best to ensure that decisions concerning the stabilization of the situation [на Южном Кавказе]have been fulfilled,” Lavrov said at trilateral talks with the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan (quote according to TASS).

He noted that Moscow also counts on the observance of such agreements by countries that are “one way or another interested in being present in this region.”

In October 2022, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi Deal refrain from the use of force or the threat of its use.

At that time, the meeting participants stressed the importance of preparing for the conclusion of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Russia confirmed its readiness to provide the necessary assistance to this. At a trilateral meeting, the parties agreed to make additional efforts “aimed at urgently addressing the remaining tasks,” including those of a humanitarian nature.

October 28 Putin saidthat the path to a settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be “strict observance by the parties of all the provisions of the well-known statements of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan” regarding the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the Russian leader, the consistent implementation of these agreements on the ways of delimiting the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, unblocking transport corridors in the South Caucasus can normalize relations between Yerevan and Baku.