Pashinyan informs Lukashenko on situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
YEREVAN, November. 22. /ARKA/. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka held a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the press service of the Belarusian leader reported.
It said Lukashenko and Pashinyan briefed each other on the situation in Belarus and Armenia and discussed problematic issues within the CSTO framework.
The Armenian prime minister also informed the Belarusian president about the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and possible ways of its development.
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-
