MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Barack Obama recognized Russia’s efforts at mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin’s press service said Wednesday.
Putin briefed Obama as the head of state that co-chairs an international settlement group with Russia and France on the outcome of last month's trilateral talks in St. Petersburg between the sides to the conflict, Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Kremlin said.
“Vladimir Putin stressed that, in organizing the negotiations, Russia proceeded from the need to promote the speedy stabilization of the situation in the conflict zone and the creation of conditions to advance the peace process. Barack Obama praised Russia’s efforts,” the Kremlin added.
