Putin invites Pashinyan, Aliyev to hold trilateral meeting in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to hold trilateral talks in Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

"I am pleased to invite both the Azerbaijani president and the prime minister of Armenia. You can agree a date. As far as I understand, there is an interest to meet in Russia,” he said at the CIS summit in Astana on Friday.

The Russian leader added that the meeting “could be held anywhere and anytime – in Sochi, Moscow or St. Petersburg.”