Putin, Pashinyan discuss situation in Karabakh over escalation in Lachin Corridor

 TASS 
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The leaders agreed to continue interaction at various levels

MOSCOW, April 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday.

"The development of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed with an emphasis on solving practical tasks of ensuring stability and security in the region. In the context of the current escalation in the Lachin Corridor, the importance of strict adherence to the entire set of fundamental agreements between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan was stressed," its statement said.

The leaders agreed to continue interaction at various levels.

Earlier, the Armenian side reported the conversation.

Previously, Azerbaijan set up a checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor. The Armenian Foreign Ministry branded this as a flagrant violation of the 2020 trilateral statement.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS