Sergei Lavrov and Ara Abrahamyan discussed the situation on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border

ArmInfo. Issues related to the escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border were discussed during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President of the Union of  Armenians of Russia (UAR) Ara Abrahamyan.

According to the press service of the Union of Armenians of Russia,  Abrahamyan informed the Minister about the statement adopted at the  meeting of the Board of the Union of Armenians of Russia regarding  the start of hostilities on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan,  expressing concern about the provocative statements and threats by  the leaders of Azerbaijan and Turkey directed to destabilize the  situation in the region.

Abrahamyan also acquainted the Minister with the work that the Union  of Armenians of Russia is carrying out these days, including the  prevention of conflict manifestations on ethnic grounds in the  territory of the Russian Federation.

Lavrov assured that Russia, as a country interested in peace and  security in the region, has already taken a number of steps aimed at  ending the hostilities on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and  stabilizing the situation.

In its statement made earlier the UAR emphasized the inadmissibility  of the provocative rhetoric that the Turkish Foreign Minister uses  against Armenia, "apparently forgetting that it is not 1915, and  today the Armenian Armed Forces, and if necessary the entire Armenian  Diaspora, are able to give a rebuff to anyone who encroaches on the  freedom and independence of Armenia. "

"We expect that the CSTO, of which Armenia is a member, will give an  appropriate assessment of this situation, taking into account  Turkey's interference in the conflict through a statement by this  country's Foreign Ministry on" unconditional support "of Azerbaijan's  actions.

We urge all our compatriots, including representatives of Armenian  youth living in Russia, to remain calm and not to succumb to possible  incitements, including those associated with the provocative speeches  of some Russian pseudo-politicians and political scientists who, with  their incompetent populist speeches, only aggravate the situation.

We are confident that through joint efforts of forces interested in  establishing peace in the region, mechanisms will be found to solve  this and other regional problems by political methods, "the UAR said  in a statement.