Karapetyan at Security Council meeting: External partners can be sure  that Armenia is committed to all previously taken commitments

ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan convened a meeting of the Security Council. Armenian governmental press service reports.

Acting Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, acting Minister of Defense  Vigen Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Head of the  National Security Service Georgy Kutoyan, Police Chief Vladimir  Gasparyan, Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces Movses  Hakobyan attended the meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Karapetyan touched upon a number of  urgent issues. "Firstly, I want to appeal to our military forces and  on behalf of all to express our gratitude to our soldiers, officers  and especially the forces on alert, for the fulfillment of their  mission with a sense of high duty and responsibility, regardless of  the processes. There is no doubt that we are vigilant and united," he  said. 

Karapetyan turned to Sarkissian and remarked that the operational  summary of the last days testifies to the active movement of the  enemy's manpower and equipment to the Artsakh-Azeri contact line of  the troops.  And in this context, he stated that in connection with  this fact the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have already came up  with statement. "We agree that we must immediately reduce this  tension, which we also discussed today with the President of Artsakh.  As in past, today the political leadership of the two countries and  the Armed Forces are ready to give an adequate response to any  attempt to violate the ceasefire and to contain the actions. There  should be no illusions from this point of view," Karapetyan said.

Secondly, Mr. Gasparyan, continued acting Prime Minister, the police  in those days demonstrated high professionalism and the ability to  ensure public safety. He expressed gratitude to all policemen for  dedication, work and tolerance. At the same time, he stressed that  along with maintaining tolerance during mass demonstrations, rallies,  it is equally important to understand the need to be vigilant from  the point of view of ensuring public order. "Thirdly, Mr. Kutoyan, I  especially want to highlight vigilance and due fulfillment of the  obligations shown by the National Security Service of the Republic of  Armenia these days. It is known that some forces tried to take  advantage of the current situation in our country. We will continue  to be strict and resolute in the matter of ensuring state security.  Our society must be sure that state structures continue to fully  perform the assigned functions. The external partners can be sure  that Armenia is committed to all previously taken partnership  commitments, and the rest of the external forces must clearly realize  that the full range of our capabilities continues to fully ensure our  national security," Karapetyan concluded.