DUSHANBE, 13 May 2022, (TON): The trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, Azerb-aijan and Armenia started on Thursday in Dushanbe.

At the beginning of the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov thanked his colleagues from Azerbaijan and Armenia Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan for responding to the proposal of the Russian side to take advantage of the participation of the CIS Ministerial Council for holding a meeting for three.

The head of the Russian diplomatic department said “we are interested in turning the South Caucasus into a zone of peace, sustainable development and prosperity.”

He added “it is important for Moscow to increase trust between the parties while creating conditions for the full normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.”

Lavrov said “I hope that today’s meeting will make it possible to move forward along the path that was outlined by our leaders.”

In turn, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Bayramov stressed in his opening speech that this meeting “is a good opportunity to discuss the progress that can be achieved.”