Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan received today the delegation led by Ambassador Herbert Salber, EU’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia. Head of the EU Delegation in Armenia Piotr Switalski was present at the meeting.
The Armenian Defense Minister briefed the EU official on the recent developments at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the line of contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
Minister Sargsyan emphasized the importance of targeted statements by the international community, including the EU, as well as the implementation of investigation mechanisms as important guarantees of efficiency of negotiations.
Herbert Salber noted, in turn, that the EU accepts the leading role of the OSCE Minsk Group in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and is ready to contribute to the intensification of negotiations in that format.