The website of the President of Russia released the following statement on today’s telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Discussions continued on the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, its further stabilization in accordance with the Statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia dated November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021. In particular, the issues of ensuring peace, security and progressive socio-economic development of the region, as well as the progress of work on the restoration of transport communications, were substantively considered. At the same time, the results of the Russian-Armenian summit talks held on April 7 in Moscow were taken into account.

It was agreed to activate contacts in various formats.