Armenian PM and French President discuss situation in Karabakh and initiation of urgent UN Security Council meeting

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19.09.2023, 18:29

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan's attack.

Armenian PM and French President discuss situation in Karabakh and initiation of urgent UN Security Council meeting

YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan's attack.

According to the press service of the Armenian government, both sides emphasized the inadmissibility of the use of force and stressed the need to use international de-escalation mechanisms.

Macron said that France will initiate an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the situation in Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani defense ministry said in a statement Tuesday it launched “local anti-terrorist activities” to “suppress large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region,” and “to disarm and secure the withdrawal of formations of Armenia’s armed forces from our territories.”

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia's army was not involved in fighting and the situation on the border was “stable”.

At the moment, the intensity of fire on the line of contact has significantly decreased, the Artsakh Defense Army reported. Earlier, the Karabakh side appealed to the Azerbaijani side to immediately stop hostilities and sit down at the negotiating table to settle the situation.-0-

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