Ararat Mirzoyan called on Alliance for Multilateralism to increase  pressure on Azerbaijan to ensure rights of people of Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo.Within the framework of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan participated in and delivered  remarks at an online Ministerial meeting of the Alliance for  Multilateralism.

As the press service of the RA MFA reports, the Foreign Minister of  Armenia particularly noted:  

"Dear colleagues,

I appreciate the convening of this Ministerial meeting of the  Alliance for Multilateralism and the opportunity to intervene.

Armenia reaffirms its strong commitment to multilateralism, which is  ever more essential today in the face of growing calamities around  the world.

COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder our joint efforts in finding  solutions to global challenges and reaching sustainable development  goals by 2030.

We do believe that the international community has all the tools to  fight the virus and contain its spread worldwide through ensuring  global access to vaccine and vaccination campaigns. Armenia strongly  believes that vaccine access should be equitable and fair, as  vaccines are indeed a global public good and only through vaccination  would we be able to overcome the still raging pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic had a heavy impact on each and every country,  hampering economic progress and worsening the security environment  both regionally and globally.  The war of aggression unleashed by  Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh and its people amid the global  pandemic resulted in humanitarian catastrophe. Even today Azerbaijan  continues blocking the access of humanitarian missions to Artsakh,  depriving the peaceful civilians of the possibility to receive  humanitarian aid.

As one of the main objectives of Alliance is "to protect, preserve  and advance international law, including international humanitarian  and human rights law" we call on all members not only to increase the  pressure on Azerbaijan, in order to ensure the rights of the people  of Nagorno-Karabakh and release of Armenian POWs, but also to support  the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in finding a lasting  political solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Thank you."