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Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

Issues related to the Armenian-Russian cooperation, mutual visits at a high and high level, events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Russia were discussed.

Mirzoyan and Lavrov discussed the implementation of the agreements reached in the framework of the tripartite statements of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021.

The Armenian Foreign Minister presented the situation created on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of provocations and violation of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan.

Mirzoyan also presented to his colleague the position of the Armenian side regarding the start of negotiations on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in this context, the role of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group was given importance.