Pashinyan: Armenia is ready to resume Karabakh peace process
09.10.2020,
15:12
The Armenian side is ready to resume the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday, speaking at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan.
YEREVAN, October 9. /ARKA/. The Armenian side is ready to resume the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday, speaking at a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan.
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers will have their first talks on ending the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh today in Moscow. The senior diplomats from the two countries are joining talks in the Russian capital following a late-night appeal on Thursday from President Vladimir Putin.
Pashinyan said the talks will focus only on cessation of hostilities and exchange of bodies of soldiers killed in the fighting and captives.
“We are loyal to the principle of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and are ready to resume the peace process in accordance with the statements made in the past few days by the presidents and foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries,” Pashinyan said.
Pashinyan presented the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone to the participants of the meeting, stressing that this is a fateful topic for Armenia and he certainly wanted to share information about the dramatic events that are taking place in this troubled region.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, some 4,369 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and more than 5,000 have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 508 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 145 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 376 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 21 civilians have been killed and over 80 wounded. -0-
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers will have their first talks on ending the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh today in Moscow. The senior diplomats from the two countries are joining talks in the Russian capital following a late-night appeal on Thursday from President Vladimir Putin.
Pashinyan said the talks will focus only on cessation of hostilities and exchange of bodies of soldiers killed in the fighting and captives.
“We are loyal to the principle of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and are ready to resume the peace process in accordance with the statements made in the past few days by the presidents and foreign ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries,” Pashinyan said.
Pashinyan presented the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone to the participants of the meeting, stressing that this is a fateful topic for Armenia and he certainly wanted to share information about the dramatic events that are taking place in this troubled region.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, some 4,369 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and more than 5,000 have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 508 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 145 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 376 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 21 civilians have been killed and over 80 wounded. -0-
