Armenia’s Acting Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan met today in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.

During the meeting issues on the course of implementation of peacekeeping mission in Nagorno Karabakh, situation created in Armenia’s Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces as well as Armenian-Russian bilateral military cooperation and regional security were discussed.

Harutyunyan briefed to his Russian counterpart the details of the infiltration of Azerbaijani armed forces the territory of Armenia and the measures taken by the Armenian Armed Forces.

Armenia’s acting minister stressed that the Azeri provocations with the false “border adjustment” grounding are absolutely unacceptable and that the Azerbaijani sub-divisions must immediately leave the sovereign territory of Armenia.

The interlocutors considered possible ways of the resolution of the situation and agreed over necessary steps.