Armenian defense minister, Russian ambassador discussed regional security
YEREVAN, November 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan received today Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin and the embassy's defense attaché, Colonel Igor Shcherbakov.
The press service of Armenian Defense Ministry said Armenian-Russian allied cooperation in defense, as well as other issues related to regional security were discussed during the meeting.
On November 16 Azerbaijani forces attempted to break through the Armenia’s state border before being repelled by Armenian troops. The Armenian Defense Ministry said November 17 morning that the enemy had up to 70 killed and wounded servicemen, as well as significant losses of military hardware, including 4 armored personnel carriers, 1 armored vehicle Sandcat, and 5 Russian-made trucks.
Later the ministry said that six Armenian soldiers were killed in the clashes, twelve servicemen were captured, while communication with 24 more servicemen was lost during the clashes and their fate was unknown.
On November 18 Pashinyan told the parliament that Russia’s Ministry of Defense made a set of proposals regarding the preparatory stage of delimitation and demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which he said were acceptable to the Armenian side.-0-
