At his meeting today in St. Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the Karabakh conflict, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan thanked the Russian leader and those of the other Minsk Group co-chair countries for paying attention to the issue and the efforts they have taken to resolve it.

Sargsyan said that his government wants to resolve the issue solely through peaceful means but that Azerbaijan doesn’t.

“Of course, we would be very happy if we were able today to move forward in the direction of the agreements made in Vienna, in other words, if we could create mechanisms to investigate violations of the ceasefire,” Sargsyan told Putin according to a statement released by Sargsyan’s office.

In addition to the Karabakh issue, the two presidents discussed regional development and security matters.

Sargsyan is also scheduled to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, with Putin also sitting in.