Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan, at today’s CIS Secretaries of Security Council meeting in Moscow, said that while Armenia is committed to the peace process and is ready to start the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border,
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, according to TASS, today said that tensions remain along the Karabakh line of contact despite the November 9, 2020 trilateral ceasefire agreement.
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan today hinted that Armenia may petition CSTO (the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization) for help to combat Azerbaijani border incursions despite yesterday’s Russian-brokered ceasefire.
We urge both sides to take immediate concrete steps to reduce tensions and avoid further escalation.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense reports that one Armenian serviceman was killed and thirteen taken prisoner in yesterday’s clashes along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Mher Margaryan addressed an open debate on “Peace and security through preventive diplomacy: A common objective to all UN principal organs”, on November 16 and focused on Azerbaijan’s recent attacks on A