Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault, RIA Novosti news agency reported with reference to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"The sides discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh region," the Russian foreign ministry said.

The Russian foreign ministry added that the ministers discussed the tasks of Normandy format's support for the work on the implementation of the Minsk agreements to overcome the Ukrainian crisis.

"The sides also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and some aspects of the bilateral Russia-France contacts," the Russian foreign ministry said.