YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a consultation with government officials ahead of the upcoming meeting with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Kremlin reported.

The Russian foreign minister, defense minister, FSS chief and intelligence chief and others took part in the discussion on “the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and issues related to the situation in South Caucasus.”

“The issue of ensuring the peace process of the Nagorno Karabakh resolution and overall the situation in Southern Caucasus has an international nature,” the Kremlin said in a news release.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan