Artsakh president convenes Security Council meeting

ArmInfo. On March 27, President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan convened an enlarged meeting of the Security Council.  Welcoming the attendees, the Head of State said:

"During the previous meeting of the Security Council, we made  decisions, including an appeal to the President of the Russian  Federation Vladimir Putin to exert efforts to return the enemy to its  starting positions through the peacekeeping contingent deployed in  Artsakh and to ensure peace in the region. In this regard, the  response of the Russian Defense and Foreign Ministries on March 26 is  complimented.

"The reference of the other OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, as  well as the active work of our partners in Armenia should be  underscored as well. As you know, in order to stabilize the  situation, there were telephone discussions between the Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian  Federation, the Ministers of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and  the Russian Federation succeeded by a telephone conversation between  the Ministers of Defense of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan. In  other words, the concerned and responsible countries, assessing the  situation, have fulfilled their mediation mission," President  Harutyunyan stated.

Touching upon the speculations of some public and political circles  that the aggression of the Azerbaijani side in recent days is the  result of certain agreements with the Artsakh authorities, the  President described it as provocative and divisive.

"Our agreement is one - the fulfillment of the points of the  trilateral statement, there can be no other agreement. Hence, such  provocative statements are intended to divert us from real problems,  from our unity and to polarize the society.

Not only can there be any agreement, but no decision will be made  without discussing it with the Security Council members," he said.

Subsequently, Minister of Defense of the Artsakh Republic Kamo  Vardanyan delivered a report on the recent military-political  developments in the country.

Issues related to taking adequate steps in the current situation were  clarified again at the meeting. President Harutyunyan gave a number  of instructions.