Friday, October 30 2020 19:44

ArmInfo.In Geneva, RA Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with the Director  of International Committee of the Red Cross by Peter Mauer.  As reported  by the RA MFA press service, the focus of the meeting was the  situation created by the large- scale aggression unleashed Azerbaijan  in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Mnatsakanyan informed ICRC President Peter Mauer about the war crimes  committed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh, as well as  violations of international humanitarian law, including a gross  violation of the Geneva Convention. The minister informed his  interlocutor about the deliberate attacks by the Azerbaijani armed  forces on the civilian population of Artsakh and civilian  infrastructure, the damage caused, the use of weapons prohibited by  international conventions, the humiliating treatment of the civilian  population of Artsakh and prisoners of war who fell under their  jurisdiction. The Armenian Foreign Minister stressed that human  rights and their protection are universal, regardless of the status  of the area, any other interpretation in this regard is criminally  unacceptable.

Referring to Turkey's destabilizing policy in the South Caucasus and  its desire to turn the region into a hotbed of terrorism, the Foreign  Minister stressed that Turkey's direct military participation in the  war unleashed by Azerbaijan and the transfer of foreign armed  terrorists from the Middle East poses a serious threat to regional  and international security.

The parties stressed the need to implement the ceasefire agreements  reached on October 10, 17 and 25, as well as a peaceful settlement of  the conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.   The ICRC President highlighted the importance of the implementation  of the ceasefire and diplomatic efforts to implement the agreements  on the collection and exchange of bodies of the dead.