Lavrov: Russia offers to establish joint commission between Azerbaijan and Armenia

"Russia has offered to make efforts to start demarcation and delimitation process to resolve the incident on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin in Dushanbe on May 19, Report informs.

"At the informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) last night (May 18), we discussed the proposal of our Armenian counterpart, the relations between official Yerevan and Baku," Lavrov said.

Lavrov said he had informed his CSTO counterparts on Russia's steps in resolving the incident. Under a preliminary agreement between the two countries, Russia has offered to work for demarcation and delimitation of the borders. For this purpose, we have put forward a proposal to establish a joint Azerbaijani-Armenian commission. Moreover, we offered Russia's participation in the process as a consultant and mediator."