Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Russian Foreign Ministers to Meet

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held meetings today in Minsk with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan during a gathering of CIS countries' foreign ministers. In his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Lavrov stated, "We have recently had thorough discussions in Moscow, but today we can address additional issues—both bilateral and, of course, regional. Nagorno-Karabakh must always remain in our center of attention."

TASS news agency reports that a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan is scheduled to take place later in Minsk.