Russian and French Presidents agreed to continue working on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group format, the Kremlin said in a statement.

President Vladimir Putin briefed his French counterpart Francois Hollande on the outcome of a June 20 tripartite meeting with Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders.

“Both Presidents expressed hope that the agreements reached at the summit will promote the peaceful settlement of the conflict,” the Kremlin said.