Armenian foreign ministry: Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s visit to Moscow begins
12.10.2020,
13:10
The official visit of the Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to Moscow has already commenced, Anna Naghdalyan, press secretary of the Armenian foreign ministry, reports on her Facebook page.
YEREVAN, October 12. /ARKA/. The official visit of the Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to Moscow has already commenced, Anna Naghdalyan, press secretary of the Armenian foreign ministry, reports on her Facebook page.
As it was reported earlier, one of the key topics of the talks at the Russian foreign ministry will be the problem of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
As a follow-up to the agreements reached in Moscow on October 9-10, 2020 at the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, the dialogue will continue to de-escalate tensions in the conflict zone and create conditions for the resumption of the substantive negotiation process, including through the mediation of the co-chairs OSCE Minsk Group
It is also planned to discuss the whole range of issues of bilateral cooperation, foreign policy interaction through the EAEU, CSTO and CIS, coordination of positions in the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSECO, and other international forums. A substantive exchange of views on international and regional issues will take place. The course of implementation of the Plan of Consultations between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Armenian Foreign Ministry for 2020-2021 will be considered as well.
War in Artsakh
On September 27, at 07:10, Azerbaijani troops launched an offensive along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, but were thrown back in several directions. Intense fighting continues in the south, southeast and north of the front line. Turkey joined the aggression. Residential areas are being shelled as well.
The Azerbaijani side suffered losses in manpower (more than 4,919 people killed and over 5,000 wounded) and equipment, in particular, 168 UAVs, 4 units of TOS – 1A, 4 Smerch and Uragan MLRS, more than 514 tanks and other armored vehicles, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft. According to the data of the defense ministry of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 450 Armenian servicemen were killed and hundreds wounded on the Armenian side. Also 25 civilians were killed and more than 100 wounded on the Armenian side.
On October 9, following the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, with the mediation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, an agreement was reached on a ceasefire from 12:00 on October 10 for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the dead. Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, on the basis of the basic principles of the settlement, are starting substantive negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible.
Martial law and general mobilization were declared in Artsakh and Armenia. --0---
As it was reported earlier, one of the key topics of the talks at the Russian foreign ministry will be the problem of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
As a follow-up to the agreements reached in Moscow on October 9-10, 2020 at the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, the dialogue will continue to de-escalate tensions in the conflict zone and create conditions for the resumption of the substantive negotiation process, including through the mediation of the co-chairs OSCE Minsk Group
It is also planned to discuss the whole range of issues of bilateral cooperation, foreign policy interaction through the EAEU, CSTO and CIS, coordination of positions in the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSECO, and other international forums. A substantive exchange of views on international and regional issues will take place. The course of implementation of the Plan of Consultations between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Armenian Foreign Ministry for 2020-2021 will be considered as well.
War in Artsakh
On September 27, at 07:10, Azerbaijani troops launched an offensive along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, but were thrown back in several directions. Intense fighting continues in the south, southeast and north of the front line. Turkey joined the aggression. Residential areas are being shelled as well.
The Azerbaijani side suffered losses in manpower (more than 4,919 people killed and over 5,000 wounded) and equipment, in particular, 168 UAVs, 4 units of TOS – 1A, 4 Smerch and Uragan MLRS, more than 514 tanks and other armored vehicles, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft. According to the data of the defense ministry of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 450 Armenian servicemen were killed and hundreds wounded on the Armenian side. Also 25 civilians were killed and more than 100 wounded on the Armenian side.
On October 9, following the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, with the mediation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, an agreement was reached on a ceasefire from 12:00 on October 10 for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the dead. Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, on the basis of the basic principles of the settlement, are starting substantive negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible.
Martial law and general mobilization were declared in Artsakh and Armenia. --0---
