On 30 April 2019 State Secretary - Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin received the co-chair of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the Southern Caucasus, EU Special Representative for Southern Caucasus Toivo Klaar.
They exchanged views on the situation in the region, issues within the scope of the Geneva Discussions and work of joint mechanisms for incident prevention and reaction along the borders of the Republic of Abkhazia and Republic of South Ossetia with Georgia.