On April 27 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan had a meeting with Iranian Minister for Defense and armed Forces Hossein Dehqan on the sidelines of an annual security conference in Moscow.

The parties expressed concern over the escalation of situation at the line of contact between armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. They emphasized the need to ease the tension and establish an atmosphere of mutual trust.

The interlocutors noted that the “consequences of the four-day April war come to prove the unacceptability of a military solution.

During the meeting reference was made to the current state of cooperation between the Defense Ministries of the two countries and the perspectives of future cooperation.