Russian President Vladimir Putin held a consultative meeting today with top Russian officials, during which issues related to the Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed.

The Kremlin’s official website reported the news of today’s meeting.

The meeting comes on the eve of tomorrow’s trilateral meeting in Moscow of Armenian PM Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Today’s meeting was attended by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrush, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin.