Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is leaving for a 3-day official visit to U.S.

During his visit, Lavrov will participate in the meeting of the Quarter of international mediators (Russia, U.S., EU, UN), meet with U.S. President Barack Obama, hold negotiations with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the agenda.

Lavrov will reveal the contents of Russian President’s personal message and proposals on Karabakh settlement addressed to Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

On July 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a personal message and proposals of RF President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev.

At June 24 meeting in Kazan, the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia failed to sign an agreement on basic principles of Karabakh conflict settlement.

As Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian noted later, despite the OSCE MG co-chairs’ efforts, Azerbaijan was not ready to accept the final version of basic principles, presenting ten new amendments at the last moment.