Aliyev and Pashinyan met in Russia

Armenian government spokesman said on Wednesday that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Russia's St. He said that he met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg. According to the news of the "Pan-Armenian" news agency, Armenian government spokesperson "Nazli Bagdasaryan" said that Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan discussed the peace plan in this informal meeting. Without further elaboration, Baghdasarian added: "The negotiations were conducted in a bilateral format." This was the first face-to-face meeting between Aliyev and Pashinyan since the Azerbaijani army's operation in Nagorno-Karabakh in September. The two met in Brussels in early July for talks hosted by EU Council President Charles Michel. "Russia sees good prospects for the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in her weekly meeting with reporters on Wednesday.