Lavrov discusses Karabakh conflict with Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers
21.10.2020,
15:51
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held separate meetings in Moscow October 20 and 21 with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry's website says.
YEREVAN, October 21. /ARKA/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held separate meetings in Moscow October 20 and 21 with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry's website says.
It says the meetings were held as a follow-up to the recent telephone contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
According to the statement, a set of urgent issues related to the implementation of previously reached ceasefire agreements in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the creation of conditions for its sustainable settlement were discussed.
Since the morning of September 27, when Azerbaijan attacked Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) with support from Turkish armed forces and mercenaries from the Middle East, Armenian armed forces have killed about 6,500 Azerbaijani soldiers, having wounded also many thousands. They have also destroyed 580 battle tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 202 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 23 aircraft.
According to the official data of the Armenian side, while repelling the enemy's aggression, about 800 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred wounded. Azerbaijani shelling have also killed 37 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh and another 116 have been wounded.
Azerbaijani fire has also destroyed and damaged 7,800 real estate objects. Azerbaijan twice breached Russia-brokered truce. Intense hostilities in Artsakh still continue. –0--
It says the meetings were held as a follow-up to the recent telephone contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
According to the statement, a set of urgent issues related to the implementation of previously reached ceasefire agreements in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the creation of conditions for its sustainable settlement were discussed.
Since the morning of September 27, when Azerbaijan attacked Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) with support from Turkish armed forces and mercenaries from the Middle East, Armenian armed forces have killed about 6,500 Azerbaijani soldiers, having wounded also many thousands. They have also destroyed 580 battle tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 202 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 23 aircraft.
According to the official data of the Armenian side, while repelling the enemy's aggression, about 800 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred wounded. Azerbaijani shelling have also killed 37 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh and another 116 have been wounded.
Azerbaijani fire has also destroyed and damaged 7,800 real estate objects. Azerbaijan twice breached Russia-brokered truce. Intense hostilities in Artsakh still continue. –0--
