During telephone conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed the establishment of a working group on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. This was reported by CNN Turk, citing a diplomatic source. It is reported that Vladimir Putin welcomed the Turkish leader's proposal. According to the channel, in the coming days, the talks on the Karabakh issue may become a bilateral format, which will be held outside the OSCE Minsk Group.
The new working group will work on post-ceasefire measures and the process of political settlement. The Russian and Turkish presidents discussed the situation in Karabakh on Saturday. The parties reaffirmed their mutual readiness to cooperate in achieving a peaceful solution to the conflict in the region. After the talks between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, the foreign ministers of the two countries also held telephone talks.