The foreign ministers of Armenia and Russia met today in Moscow and discussed regional security matters and talks aimed to normalize relations between Yerevan and Baku.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, according to his office, stressed the need to reopen the Lachin Corridor and the removal of an Azerbaijani checkpoint along the roadway linking Artsakh and Armenia.

Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov also discussed bilateral cooperation issues.

Update: A meeting between Mirzoyan, Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov is now taking place in Moscow.