“In fact, during this meeting, the parties expressed their approaches regarding different elements, different principles, to settling the problem. We can reaffirm that sadly the approaches of the parties are not close and do not coincide.”
The Presidents confirmed their readiness to continue engagement on proposals regarding a settlement currently under negotiation.
Against the backdrop of escalating military skirmishes and casualties on the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan left for Stepanakert earlier this morning to assess the situation with Artsakh government officials.
Fidar Aloyan, a soldier in the Artsakh Defense Army, was killed last night during a firefight with Azerbaijani forces.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) reports that Vahan Shirkhanyan, a former deputy defense minister of Armenia, was arrested today on suspicion that he aided and abetted Artour Vardanyan, who was arrested on November 25 for organizing a criminal gang in Armenia.