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Russian FM offers help to draw Armenia-Azerbaijan border

Dushanbe, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday reiterated his country's willingness to help as a mediator in drawing up the common border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

In statements to the press along with his Tajik counterpart Sirojidin Muhriddin, the Russian foreign minister proposed to set up a joint commission for such purposes.

Lavrov arrived in Dushanbe to participate this Wednesday in the ministerial meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, on May 12, a group of Azerbaijani soldiers advanced up to 3.5 kilometers into Armenian territory with the intention of demarcating a portion of the border, an action that was stopped without clashes were reported.

Clashes between Yerevan and Baku broke out again on September 23, 2020 over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, until November 10 that a ceasefire was achieved with Moscow’s support.

The presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia approved a group of agreements to put an end to the conflict on November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, the implementation of which is constantly reviewed.

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