ArmInfo.On May 29, Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan received the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Toivo Claar.
As the press service of the defense ministry reports, the main purpose of the meeting was discussion of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the authority of the Ministry of Defense The Minister of Defense informed the guest about the developments on the line of confrontation between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, as well as on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. As an effective promotion of the negotiation process for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, David Tonoyan pointed to the need to implement measures to increase confidence in the front line. He added that the Armenian side remains committed to constructive position in this issue.
In turn, Toivo Claar reiterated the EU's position on an exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, as the EU repeatedly stated.