Azerbaijan;s President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev during a reception that followed the opening match of the FIFA World Cup, Pashinyan said in a Facebook Live broadcast. He said no further conversation with Aliyev followed.
It is still early to speak about a trilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov commented on Putin’s introduction of Pashinyan and Aliyev saying, “this was the first meeting, it is too early to speak about some continuation,â€
