Armenian vice-premier, Russian ambassador discuss economic cooperation issues
19.11.2020,
12:56
Armenian Vice Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan had a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin yesterday, the press service of the government reports.
YEREVAN, November 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Vice Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan had a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin yesterday, the press service of the government reports.
At the beginning of the meeting, the deputy prime minister thanked the ambassador for the efforts of the Russian authorities and personally President Vladimir Putin to establish a ceasefire in Artsakh.
During the meeting, the parties discussed topical issues on the agenda of economic cooperation between the two countries.
About the war in Artsakh
From September 27 to November 9, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the participation of Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression against Artsakh at the frontline and in the rear using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons (cluster bombs, phosphorus weapons). The strikes were delivered also at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stop at their positions. The city of Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent will be deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are exchanged. -0-
At the beginning of the meeting, the deputy prime minister thanked the ambassador for the efforts of the Russian authorities and personally President Vladimir Putin to establish a ceasefire in Artsakh.
During the meeting, the parties discussed topical issues on the agenda of economic cooperation between the two countries.
About the war in Artsakh
From September 27 to November 9, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the participation of Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression against Artsakh at the frontline and in the rear using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons (cluster bombs, phosphorus weapons). The strikes were delivered also at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stop at their positions. The city of Shushi, Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions pass over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent will be deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are exchanged. -0-
