Lavrov to travel to Yerevan, Baku in May

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Yerevan on May 5-6 and Baku on May 10-11, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told a briefing on Thursday, April 29.

"The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry will pay working visits to Yerevan on May 5-6 and Baku on May 10-11," TASS cited Zakharova as saying.

"Negotiations with the leadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to take place, a wide range of issues of bilateral and regional cooperation, as well as interaction in the international arena will be discussed. Priority will be given to the practical aspects of the implementation of the statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia from November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021."

Lavrov and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in the Armenian capital as part of a Russian interdepartmental delegation in November 2020, less than two weeks after the hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9, 2020 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days.