Wednesday, September 20 2023 11:41

ArmInfo.On the sidelines of 78th session of the U.S.  General Assembly, Armenian FM Ararat  Mirzoyan had a meeting with OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid. 

The meeting raised issues of Azerbaijan's ongoing provocations  against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, the  accumulation of Azerbaijani troops and military equipment along the  border of the Republic of Armenia and the line of contact with  Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as Azerbaijan's continued aggressive  behavior.

Mirzoyan emphasized the importance of the legally binding decisions  of the International Court of Justice of February 22 and July 6,  2023, as well as the unconditional implementation of paragraph 6 of  the Tripartite Statement of November 9, 2020, namely the immediate  end to the blocking of the Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor. The head of  the Armenian Foreign Ministry also especially noted the importance of  effective steps by international actors, including the OSCE, in the  issue of preventing ethnic cleansing against the people of  Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia's FM noted that Azerbaijan's destructive actions undermine  efforts aimed at establishing stability in the region and demonstrate  disregard for its own obligations within international structures,  another manifestation of which was the obstruction of the personal  representative of the OSCE Chairmanship through the Kashatagh  corridor. Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized the need for the OSCE to  immediately use appropriate tools.

Mr Mirzoyan also had a meeting with Mr Josep Borrel, High  Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 

"[O]n [the] sidelines of UNGA78 had meeting with EU HR/VP Josep  Borrell. Spoke about AZ intentions in Nagorno-Karabakh, which go  against fundamental norms of international law and are clearly aimed  at depriving NK people of their homeland. International partners,  including EU should take urgent action to prevent," Mr Mirzoyan  tweeted.