Thursday, October 14 2021 16:42

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, during his speech at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS member states, speaking about the further development of the Organization, stressed the importance  of adherence to the principles reflected in the basic documents of  the CIS, in particular sovereignty, equality of peoples and the right  to self- determination, inviolability of state borders, non-use of  force and settlement of disputes by peaceful means.

As reported by the press service of the RA MFA, the above-mentioned  was stressed in the context of the military aggression unleashed by  Azerbaijan against Artsakh.

Mirzoyan stressed the importance of fulfilling the provisions of the  trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, in particular, the need for  the immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war and other citizens  and the preservation of the Armenian cultural and religious heritage  in the territories under the control of the Armed Forces of  Azerbaijan.  At the same time, the Armenian Foreign Minister  expressed his conviction that a comprehensive settlement of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group  co-chairs would make a great contribution to the establishment of  long-term peace in the South Caucasus.  

The CIS foreign ministers, at the meeting, in the context of the  further development of the Organization, exchanged views on regional  and international issues, discussed in detail political, trade,  economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation within the CIS. 

The foreign ministers summed up the work done over the past 30 years,  the programs implemented, the prospects for the development of the  CIS and the priorities of its activities.  As a result of the CFM  meeting, a number of statements were adopted, which the next day will  be submitted for consideration by the Council of CIS Heads of State.  During the meeting, an agreement was also reached to hold multi-level  consultations between the foreign ministries of the CIS member states  in 2022. 

A Joint Statement was adopted to strengthen the Convention on the  Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons, a decision to establish  a base organization of the CIS member states to study issues of  countering terrorism and other manifestations of extremism, and other  documents.