TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Russia “would be happy to” facilitate the signing of a peace treaty between the two neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Vladimir Putin said during talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart on Monday.

“If we can do something that leads Azerbaijan and Armenia to sign a peace agreement… we’d be very happy to do so,” Putin told President Ilham Aliyev during a state visit to Baku, The Moscow Times reported.

Putin said he also planned to meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and share the outcome of his talks with Aliyev.

MNA