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Reference News reported on August 24According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on August 23, the Armenian government said on the 23rd that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Putin agreed to hold talks during a telephone conversation to discuss bilateral agenda issues.

"The parties agreed to meet at a convenient time in the near future to discuss the Armenian-Russian bilateral agenda," the Armenian government reportedly said in a statement.

The statement said Putin briefed Pashinyan on his recent visit to Azerbaijan.

It is reported that the Kremlin issued a statement on the phone call between Putin and Pashinyan on the 23rd.

The Kremlin statement said Putin and Pashinyan also discussed issues related to the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan during the call.

The statement said that during the call, Putin expressed that Russia is willing to help Armenia and Azerbaijan conclude a peace treaty.

Putin said in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan on the 19th that Russia will continue to promote the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia in all possible ways, and is committed to promoting the conclusion of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the basis of the 2020 and 2022 trilateral statements.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia went to war over the ownership of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) region. Although the two countries reached a comprehensive ceasefire agreement in 1994, they have been in a state of hostility over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time. On November 9, 2020, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement announcing a comprehensive ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region from 0:00 Moscow time on the 10th, and Russia deployed peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. On October 31, 2022, the leaders of the three countries held a trilateral meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in the southern Russian coastal city of Sochi and issued a joint statement, reaffirming strict compliance with the relevant consensus reached previously and unanimously agreeing not to use force or threaten with force.