April 17, 2009 - 13:05 AMT
Moscow promises money to Yerevan and arms for Baku for leading role in Karabakh talks
Urgent international security issues were discussed in Yerevan by CSTO Foreign Ministers yesterday. Taking the opportunity, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to agree on conduction of trilateral summit on Karabakh, thus confirming Moscow leading role in resolution of the conflict. The same topic was discussed by the Russian and Azerbaijani leaders in Moscow.According to Kommersant daily, if Yerevan and Baku resort to Kremlin's mediation, they will be awarded. Thus, Armenia can receive generous financial assistance while Azerbaijan can be supplied with arms.The edition underscores that Sergei Lavrov secured Serzh Sargsyan's consent for participation in trilateral summit on Karabakh.