In their first meeting since Azerbaijan regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan convened in Iran on Monday. Russia stated that the primary issue had been settled, subject to additional work on a peace treaty. The summit was held against the backdrop of escalating Middle East tensions, following Azerbaijan's swift advance into the disputed territory. When Azerbaijan blocked the only road that links Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, Russia was expected to help. But Russian President Vladimir Putin said there are "no problems with Armenia." Now Armenia is looking away from Russia, and toward the US. Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently confirmed that his country would pull out of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), amid a widening rift with Moscow. He accused its members of siding with Azerbaijan, which launched a military campaign in September to seize control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, ending decades of ethnic Armenian separatist rule.