YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan held a meeting on February 10 with the OSCE Minsk Group’s Russian Co-Chair Igor Khovaev.

Khovaev is also the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s special envoy for supporting the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

During the meeting Foreign Minister Mirzoyan and Khovaev exchanged views around the latest developments in the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process, the foreign ministry said in a read-out. 

Foreign Minister Mirzoyan said that provocations, aspirations against Armenia’s sovereign territory and belligerent rhetoric by Azerbaijan are impeding the establishment of peace and stability in the region.