Monday, March 28 2022 20:01

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held separate meetings with the ambassadors of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries in Armenia (Russia, France and the United States).

According to the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry,  Mirzoyan and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin  discussed  the situation resulting from Azerbaijan's violation of the line of  contact with Nagorno-Karabakh and the incursion near the village of  Parukh in the area of responsibility of the Russian Federation  peacekeeping contingent, which started on March 24. They touched upon  other actions of the Azerbaijani side aimed at creating a  humanitarian crisis in Artsakh, targeting the civilian population and  subjecting them to ethnic cleansing. The need for the return of the  units of the Azerbaijani armed forces to their starting positions of  March 23 was stressed.  Minister Mirzoyan presented the position of  the Armenian side on launching negotiations between Armenia and  Azerbaijan on a peace agreement within the framework of the OSCE  Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship. The importance of the full-fledged work  of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship was reaffirmed.  

The discussions between the Armenian Foreign Minister and French  Ambassador Anne Louyot  also focused on the situation in  Nagorno-Karabakh that has developed as a result of the invasion of  the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Mirzoyan stressed the inadmissibility  of the ongoing provocations and aggressive actions of Azerbaijan  against the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, attempts to  deliberately disrupt the normal operation of vital infrastructures.   The Armenian Foreign Minister noted the importance of an adequate and  targeted reaction of the international community to the current  situation, aimed at the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani armed forces  from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and the de-escalation of the  situation.  

The Azerbaijani invasion of Parukh was also on the agenda of  Mirzoyan's meeting with US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy.   According to the RA MFA, the interlocutors touched upon the situation  resulting from the invasion of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces into the  village of Parukh in Nagorno- Karabakh, the ongoing provocations and  aggressive actions of Azerbaijan against the civilian population of  Nagorno-Karabakh, attempts to deliberately disrupt the normal  operation of vital infrastructures.  Speaking about the US assessment  of Azerbaijan's aggressive actions, Mirzoyan stressed the need for  effective steps towards de-escalation of the situation, noted the  importance of consistent addressing of the problem by the  international community.