Grigory Karasin, Russian deputy foreign minister, state secretary, and John Tefft, US ambassador to Russia, discussed the prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, said a message posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website July 29.

"During the meeting the sides discussed the situation in Syria and the Caucasus,” the message said. “The problems related to the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine, the prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, as well as other topical issues of the international agenda were also discussed."