Sergey Lavrov to discuss Karabakh settlement issue in Baku

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make a trip to Baku by the invitation of the Azeri side May 21-22. During the visit President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev will host Sergey Lavrov for discussing the current situation and perspectives of developing bilateral relations, the PanARMENIAN.Net was told the Press Office of the Russian Embassy in Armenia.



A negotiation between S. Lavrov and Azeri Prime Minister Artur Rasizade is scheduled, during which the sides will touch upon economic aspect of cooperation, perspectives of widening cooperation in energy, science intensive sectors, innovative activities, development of cooperation in oil sphere.



During S. Lavrov's meeting with his Azeri colleague Elmar Mamedyarov the sides will exchange views on actual issues of international and regional developments, they will discuss ways of strengthening UN's central role, possibilities of deepening cooperation in the framework of CIS. The current situation in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement will be also discussed. Russia aims at assisting the conflicting parties in finding compromise solution. Russia's principled stance on Karabakh remains the same. Moscow would be ready to support that variant of solution, which will satisfy both conflicting parties, and in case of reaching a compromise agreement Russia will stand as a guarantee for settlement.