Civil Contract Secretary: Statements of the UN Security Council will  serve as a basis for increasing international pressure on Azerbaijan

ArmInfo.Real targeted assessments of the situation were voiced at the meeting of the UN Security Council. Artur Hovhannisyan, secretary of the "Civil  Contract" faction, stated this during a briefing in the Parliament.   Noting that the Armenian side welcomes these statements, he stressed  that such achievements are the result of diplomatic work.

<The statements made at the meeting will be the basis for increasing  international pressure on Azerbaijan and further diplomatic work.   This is our achievement at the moment>,  the Civil Contract Secretary  said.  He emphasized that such an issue was included in the UN  Security Council, which had no precedent before.  <We should register  this as an achievement. Further, everything depends on diplomatic  work>, Hovhannisyan noted.  

It should be noted that the situation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani was  discussed on September 14 at closed consultations of the UN Security  Council, on September 15 - the discussions were held in an open  format.  

In an interview with the Public Television, Secretary of the Security  Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan noted that the agreement on a  ceasefire along the entire length of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border  was reached with the participation of the international community. 

During the open meeting of the UN Security Council, UN Assistant  Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca noted that the UN welcomes the  ceasefire agreement reached the day before between Armenia and  Azerbaijan after a sharp aggravation of the situation on the border  between the two countries on September 12-14, expresses the hope that  that it will be respected, and call on the parties to adhere to the  2020 tripartite statement and work towards lasting peace.