Rudenko pointed out that the Russian resort is hosting the tripartite meeting among Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to address the implementation of previous agreements.

‘There are still many problems. I believe that all of them will be discussed at the Sochi meeting, and progress can be made in many aspects,’ the deputy foreign minister added.

In early September, the Azerbaijani president stated that a peace agreement between his country and Armenia could be closed before the year ends.

Meanwhile, Pashinian expressed his willingness to sign a document in Sochi that will be the basis of the peace agreement.

In mid-September, violent armed clashes took place in several sections of the common border, resulting in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of wounded on both sides.

The new outbreak of hostilities, the largest in nearly two years, occurred outside the Nagorno-Karabakh region, with a majority Armenian population over which Yerevan and Baku have fought several wars since they seceded from the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan in 1988.

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