Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Armenian counterpart Vagharshak Harutiunyan have discussed the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in a telephone call, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu held a telephone conversation with Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutiunyan on May 19. The parties discussed the situation in the region and Russia’s peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as other matters of mutual interest," the statement reads, TASS reports.
Media outlets said on May 17 that the Russian and Armenian defense ministers had held a phone call to discuss bilateral cooperation, the situation in the region and peacekeeping activities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
