The foreign ministers of Armenia and Russia met on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey on March 10 and discussed strengthening bilateral relations.

Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, according to a statement released by Mirzoyan’s office, reaffirmed their support of comprehensive OSCE Minsk Group negotiations to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The two discussed Armenia-Turkey normalization talks and exchanged views on closer cooperation in the CSTO, EEU, CIS and other international platforms.

Mirzoyan briefed Lavrov about ongoing Azerbaijani violations in Karabakh and along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.