Lavrov: Russia supports holding another meeting in  "3+3" format in  Armenia or Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. Russia supports holding another meeting in the "3+3" format  in Armenia or Azerbaijan.  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan following talks held in Yerevan on May 21.

Lavrov once again pointed out the considerable potential in the  development of the "3+3" regional cooperation platform, representing  the countries of the South Caucasus and their immediate neighbors  (Russia, Iran and Turkey). In this vein, he recalled that two  ministerial meetings have already taken place in Tehran and Istanbul.  "Preparations for the third such forum are currently underway.  Armenia and Azerbaijan want to host the next meeting in their  countries. I think that Baku and Yerevan can reach an agreement with  each other on this issue. And we are ready to hold events in these  countries in turn," the Russian Foreign Minister said.

Touching upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization, Lavrov  emphasized that Moscow is sincerely interested in the full  normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku. "We consider the  set of trilateral agreements at the highest level between the  presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of  Armenia, reached in 2020-2022 (1, 2, 3, 4), to be a solid basis for  this. We welcome the agreement on the text of the peace treaty  between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We are ready to help resolve all the  issues that now need to be resolved for the full signing of this  document," he added.

The Russian minister also stressed that one can always count on  Moscow to unblock transport and economic communications, to delimit  the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and to resolve all humanitarian  issues arising in this regard, taking into account the interests of  each of the parties. In turn, the head of the 

Armenian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed his commitment to implementing  the peace agenda in the region.  Mirzoyan recalled Yerevan's  consistent stance on signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan and  expressed hope that the document would be signed in the foreseeable  future.