Baku/06.07.22/Turan: At the initiative of the Armenian side, a telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. This was reported by the Kremlin press service on Wednesday evening.
“The discussion of the practical aspects of the implementation of the tripartite agreements between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021 continued.
In particular, an exchange of views was held on issues of ensuring security on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the restoration of economic, transport and logistics ties in the South Caucasus.
Nikol Pashinyan informed about recent contacts aimed at normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey,” the statement says. -02D-
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