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YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan on August 22 met with Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk has arrived in Armenia at the instruction of Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE Bujar Osmani to visit the Lachin Corridor and brief him on the current situation.

During the meeting the Armenian Foreign Minister and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office discussed issues related to regional security, the foreign ministry said in a readout.

Speaking about the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, the Foreign Minister of Armenia emphasized the imperative of taking urgent and effective steps by the international community, including by the OSCE, in order to prevent the impending humanitarian disaster and its irreversible consequences.

FM Mirzoyan reiterated the importance of addressing the issues of the rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh under effective international mechanisms.