MOSCOW
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful that his trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will make it possible to outline steps to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, as he himself said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday.
\n\u201cI know that you have the political will to do it and we support this. We need to outline the key aspects that will allow us to move forward during our meeting and at a trilateral meeting later,\u201d Putin said, addressing Pashinyan.
\nPutin noted that resolving such a serious and prolonged conflict as the Nagorno-Karabakh issue requires a lot of effort. \u201cIn fact, we started this discussion when we met in Astana, the three of us,\u201d he said, adding that those efforts were not enough at the moment.
\nThe Russian president pointed out that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) had held an emergency summit at Armenia\u2019s initiative.
\nThe Russian leader also mentioned how agreements on ending an armed conflict had been reached. \u201cAt the time, we all believed that ensuring peace and creating conditions for the development of Armenia\u2019s economy was the main goal because unblocking transport infrastructure and creating new routes are among the matters related to economic and social development.
\nAt the end of the day, this is what we are working for, all this is meant to help the people,\u201d Putin stressed.
\nThe Russian president stressed that Armenia has been Russia\u2019s strategic partner and ally since ancient times. He added that \u201cit is a special situation\u201d for Russia. \u201cI do expect that we will be able to take steps towards resolving it,\u201d Putin concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful that his trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will make it possible to outline steps to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, as he himself said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday. \u201cI know that you have the political will to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-292785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n