Overchuk: Putin and Aliyev did not discuss topic of  holding  Russia-Armenia-Azerbaijan summit

ArmInfo.Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev did not discuss the topic of holding a trilateral Russia-Armenia-Azerbaijan  summit, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.

"Such a topic was not raised now," Overchuk told reporters, according  to RIA Novosti.

It should be reminded that on October 12, Russian presidential aide  Yury Ushakov told reporters that Russia intends to offer Armenia and  Azerbaijan to hold another trilateral summit, and it is planned to  agree on the dates of its holding in the near future, he said.  According to RIA Novosti, he noted that Russia is actively  contributing to the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and  Armenia, and Moscow believes that "the key to achieving sustainable  peace and solving all problems in the region is the implementation of  trilateral agreements reached with the active participation of the  Russian president>. <Of course, we see that non-regional players, in  particular the EU and the US, are trying to wedge themselves into  this work (on the normalization of relations between Armenia and  Azerbaijan - ed. note), but they mainly use our achievements and, of  course, the fundamental agreements were reached in 2020 and 2021 with  our active participation," Ushakov added.

During today's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in  Astana, Aliyev assured that they are committed to long-term peace and  they "proposed quite constructive theses so that this peace to be  finally achieved".