Armenian FM considers his recent meeting with Sergei Lavrov  productive

ArmInfo.The agenda of Armenian-Russian relations includes numerous issues. On December 6,  during the government hour in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia,  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated , answering a question from MP from the ruling  "Civil Contract" faction Lilit Minasyan about the results of the Armenian-Russian negotiations with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov within the framework of the ministerial meeting of the foreign ministers of the OSCE countries in Skopje.

According to Mirzoyan, during the discussions a detailed conversation  took place on regional issues of mutual interest.

"We always take advantage of the opportunities of such meetings.  During the conversation in Skopje, the head of the Russian Foreign  Ministry presented the Russian side's vision on geopolitical issues,  and we, in turn, shared our approaches on the most sensitive issues  for the Russian Federation," Mirzoyan noted, nevertheless assessing  the meeting as productive.

The head of the RA Foreign Ministry pointed to a video on the website  of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in which Lavrov complains about the  RA representative in the OSCE. "This is a purely technical  misunderstanding; in the video, the head of the Russian Foreign  Ministry notes that the meeting took place on the initiative of the  representative of Armenia, while I had other information, and it was  not us who initiated it," the head of the RA Foreign Ministry noted.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart  Ararat Mirzoyan "on the sidelines" of the OSCE Council of Foreign  Ministers in Skopje, discussed bilateral issues and the normalization  of relations between Yerevan and Baku. The ministers "had a brief  conversation," during which they "discussed current issues on the  bilateral agenda, as well as interaction on international platforms  and within the framework of common integration associations." "An  exchange of views on regional issues took place. The Russian side  confirmed its readiness to vigorously promote the promotion of  Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization based on a set of trilateral  agreements between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia for  2020-2022, including reaching the conclusion of a peace treaty  between Yerevan and Baku," noted in a message published on the  website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The meeting also "confirmed  the need for further contacts at various levels," the source  reported.