ArmInfo.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted the absence of serious progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, despite the presence of direct dialogue.
"The dialogues held between the Presidents and Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia held this year are a positive factor, we will continue working together with the American and French co-chairs to this collective approach." In this statement, we reaffirmed this and reflected the main principles of the settlement but they have not done anything yet. This is not an easy question, but we will work in this direction, but, despite direct dialogue in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, unfortunately, this does not lead to a serious "Lavrov said at a press conference at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna. At the same time, the Russian minister noted that the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman is trying to agree on practical parameters for increasing the number of OSCE observers on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "The issue of increasing the number of OSCE observers on the contact line was discussed in Vienna in May 2016 at a joint meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the foreign ministers of the co-chair countries and in June at the meeting of the presidents of both countries with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. This agreement was transferred to the OSCE, "the Russian minister concluded.