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Moscow and Ankara are set to pool their efforts to contribute to normalizing practical interaction between Baku and Yerevan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday, TASS reported.

"We agreed to continue closely coordinating our efforts to assist Baku and Yerevan in solving the practical issues of normalizing their relations with the emphasis on strengthening confidence-building measures," Russia’s top diplomat pointed out.

Both sides exchanged opinions "about the specific situation on the ground" and expressed their satisfaction with the work of the joint Russian-Turkish center set up in the Agdam district of Azerbaijan for monitoring the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lavrov said.

"We are convinced that the efforts for unblocking transport links, promoting versatile economic cooperation in the South Caucasus region certainly with the participation of the countries of that region and their neighbors, including Turkey and Russia, will contribute to the goals of comprehensive stabilization," the Russian foreign minister stressed.