On June 18, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov at the Russian side’s initiative, Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Sergey Lavrov expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani partners for their assistance and heedful attitude toward Russians returning home from Iran via Azerbaijan’s territory. “Moscow appreciates this response of a true ally to the difficult situation Russians found themselves in”, the statement reads.
The ministers discussed a range of pressing bilateral and international issues, including the developments in the Middle East and in the South Caucasus.
