Mirzoyan and Colonna discussed situation in Karabakh after Azerbaijan's aggression
YEREVAN, September 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on the margins of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.
It said in continuation of the previous discussions and the September 21 emergency session of the UN Security Council, the sides discussed the situation resulting from Azerbaijan's aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The sides touched upon the general security situation in the South Caucasus, as well as a set of issues of interaction within the framework of international organizations and Armenia-EU partnership programs.
On September 19 Azerbaijan launched an "anti-terror" operation in the region demanding that Karabakh's forces raise a white flag, disband their armed forces and dissolve their "illegal regime".
After 24-hour fierce fighting the ethnic Armenian authorities in Stepanakert gave in. Under the terms of the truce, outlined by Azerbaijan and the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on the ground, Karabakh armed forces must commit to being completely disbanded as well as disarmed.
According to the Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender’s office, more than 10 thousand people have been evacuated from the communities seized by Azerbaijanis, several thousand cannot find their missing relatives -women, children and elderly people.
As of 21:30 September 20, the number of casualties stood at 200, including children, the number of wounded at more than 400.
Azerbaijani officials and Karabakh's Armenian representatives had the first meeting today for "re-integration" talks in the Azerbaijani town of Yevlakh. According to some sources, the sides had also another meeting on September 22 in the town of Shushi. -0-
