“Lavrov expressed serious concern over the ongoing hostilities on the line of contact and the increase in civilian casualties.
The Russian side stressed the need for an early ceasefire, ”the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It was noted that Russia, together with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group "will continue to promote the resumption of the negotiation process on the basis of the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement."
The Russian side confirmed its readiness to hold a meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow with the participation of the Minsk Group co-chairs.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Russia at a high level and on an ongoing basis conducts a dialogue with both the parties to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey.