The Armenian Foreign Ministry issued the following statement on the May 3 meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov.

Issues related to regional security and stability, the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan were discussed.

Ararat Mirzoyan noted that the continuous aggressive policy of Azerbaijan towards Nagorno Karabakh, the occupation of the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia do not contribute to the efforts aimed at establishing stability in the region. Minister Mirzoyan stressed that Azerbaijan's actions against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, hate speech expressed at the highest level and open threats of use of force testify to Azerbaijan's intention and real threat to subject Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing.

It was emphasized that the withdrawal of the troops, the border delimitation between the two countries based on the Alma-Ata Declaration, as well as the addressing of the issues of rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh within the mechanism of internationally guaranteed dialogue are key to a comprehensive settlement and establishing long-term stability in the region.