Lavrov voiced the key to normalizing situation in Karabakh conflict  zone

ArmInfo. The key to normalizing the further situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is to fully comply with the agreements reached by the leaders of Russia,  Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020 and January 11 of this  year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this on May 11 in  Baku, stressing that the Karabakh settlement had been discussed in  detail with his Azerbaijani counterpart.

According to him, these agreements provide both all the necessary  mechanisms to maintain the cessation of any hostilities, and are  aimed at unblocking communications, which for many years did not  allow to fully reveal the very serious transit and economic potential  of this important geopolitical region.

"We are grateful to our Azerbaijani colleagues for the high  assessment of the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.  Our military operate in close contact with our Azerbaijani  colleagues, and in general we assess their activities very  positively. They really contribute to the restoration of peaceful  life," the Russian Foreign Minister said, adding that an important  contribution to the implementation of the agreements is made by the  activities of the trilateral working group at the level of the deputy  prime ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, which is engaged  in identifying specific ways to unblock transport and economic ties.   According to him, this will allow connecting the Transcaucasian  countries with their neighbors into a single transport and logistics  space.  At the same time, the Russian Foreign Minister stressed that  the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairs remain in demand,  primarily in helping to solve humanitarian problems and promoting  confidence- building measures between the parties.  To clarify how  the process of implementing the points of the trilateral statement is  going on, Lavrov said, in particular: "I have already mentioned that  we highly appreciate the work of the trilateral group, consisting of  deputy prime ministers of the three countries, who are working very  productively. We have reason to believe that we will receive the  results of this work in the near future. " When asked if there is an  understanding when the sides will move from words to actions within  the framework of the trilateral group, Lavrov stated that if it has  not yet been decided how to do all this, along which routes, then  guessing when this will take place is probably not very productive.

"The issue is being resolved in a complex, taking into account the  interests of all interested parties - and this will remind not only  Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also Russia, Turkey and Iran as  neighboring countries, which, as neighbors, would also like to  reflect the balance of interests of this region. I would like to  mention once again, there is movement, very specific and in the right  direction, "the minister summed up.