Armenia continues to believe that Russian peacekeepers will be able to restore the status quo, to restore the situation as it was on 23 March, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said.

His remarks came at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, responding to a question about the incursion of Azerbaijani forces into the Karabakh village of Parukh.

"As I said, the peacekeeping contingent was deployed around Nagorno-Karabakh in order to ensure the status quo on the situation of 9 November, 2020 and to ensure the safety of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. I repeat, we continue to believe that the status quo will be restored, and the Russian peacekeeping contingent will continue to perform its most important function, the most important mission to ensure the security of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh," Mirzoyan said.