ArmInfo. RA Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov.
According to RIA Novosti, the parties discussed the implementation of the statement on the settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
"At a meeting with Shoigu, Aliyev highly appreciated the progress in the implementation of the trilateral statement on Karabakh and the actions of the Russian peacekeepers," the news agency notes.
"The ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is being observed. I am sure it will continue in the future, "Sergey Shoigu said during a meeting with Aliyev.
It is also reported that a Russian inter-departmental delegation, headed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, has arrived in Baku.
Before Baku, the inter-departmental delegation of the Russian Federation visited Yerevan and met with the leadership of Armenia. The purpose of the visit is to discuss the situation in the zone of the Karabakh conflict, to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh, as well as to consider the entire range of issues in bilateral relations.