U.S. Senator emphasizes the need to deliver humanitarian aid to Karabakh
YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. US Senator Gary Peters expressed concern over the grave humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and emphasized the necessity of humanitarian aid delivery to the region at a meeting with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan today, the Armenian government reported.
The Senator was said to reaffirm the US support for Armenia's territorial integrity.
In his turn, the Prime Minister highly assessed Peters' visit to Armenia in a difficult situation for the Armenian people and emphasized the importance of the US support in overcoming the problems.
Pashinyan stressed the importance of the close cooperation with the United States, including in strengthening democracy in Armenia, effective implementation of reforms and in other areas.
The sides touched upon the current humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the issues of security agenda and protection of the rights of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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 three meetings for "re-integration" talks in the Azerbaijani towns of Yevlakh and Shushi. -0-
