Lavrov and Mirzoyan discussed the subject of a peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku

Russian peacekeepers at a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 15 Russian and Armenian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Ara Mirzoyan discussed in a telephone conversation the prospects for concluding a peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku with the assistance of Russia, the Foreign Ministry said. Friday.The Kremlin positively assessed the plans of Baku and Yerevan to agree on peace»The ministers exchanged views on the implementation of the agreements between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, with an emphasis on further steps to unblock transport communications in the region and delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. They also touched upon the prospects for agreeing a peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku with Russian assistance,» the ministry noted. the signing of a package of agreements. On April 6, trilateral talks on the Karabakh problem were held in Brussels, with the participation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel. The Armenian Cabinet stated that following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev instructed their Foreign Ministries to begin preparations for peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. An agreement was also reached to create a bilateral commission on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border by the end of April, in accordance with the Sochi agreement of November 26, 2021. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that France and the United States refused to cooperate with Russia within the «troika» of co-chairs OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation of a long-term conflict and led to civilian casualties. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a complete ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead. Yerevan also transferred the Kalbajar, Lachin and Aghdam regions to Baku. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.Moscow is ready to assist the negotiations between Baku and Yerevan, the Foreign Ministry said