“Of course, the main issue is the settlement of the situation in the South Caucasus as a whole and the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, everything connected with Karabakh,” he said at the talks in St. Petersburg.

The Russian leader noted that over ten months of this year, the trade turnover between Russia and Armenia increased by 73% compared to the previous year.

Earlier it became known that Putin, within the framework of telephone conversations, discussed with the Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev the practical implementation of the tripartite agreements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.