ArmInfo.On January 11, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a telephone conversation with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom.
According to the press service of the RA MFA, Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated his counterpart on assuming the presidency of the EU Council.
The parties discussed a number of issues related to regional security.
Mirzoyan presented to his interlocutor the details of the blockade by Azerbaijan of the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and the outside world - the Lachin Corridor, and the humanitarian crisis resulting from it. The minister noted that Azerbaijan's actions are a violation of the obligations assumed under the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020.
Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the need for immediate steps by the international community to prevent Azerbaijan's policy of ethnic cleansing of 120,000 Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the telephone conversation, the issue of the EU observer mission, which ended on December 19 last year, was also raised. The Armenian minister highly appreciated the work of the mission.