Author: Lara Chatinian

 17:33, 26 November, 2021

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. The meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev kicked off in the Russian city of Sochi.

Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said today that after the trilateral talks Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.

The Kremlin reported earlier that during the November 26 trilateral talks issues relating to the restoration of trade-economic and transportation communications will be in the focus. It was also reported that the three leaders will outline the further steps for strengthening stability and establishing peaceful life in Nagorno Karabakh.

The Armenian PM and the Azerbaijani President will meet also on December 15 this year in Brussels on the sidelines of the Eastern Partnership summit.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:34, 17 November, 2021

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. On 16 November, the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations Mher Margaryan delivered a statement at the United Nations Security Council open debate on “Peace and security through preventive diplomacy”, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN said on social media.

In his statement Mher Margaryan drew the attention of the Security Council to the armed attacks by Azerbaijan against the territorial integrity of Armenia in recent days in breach of the UN Charter, the international law and the provisions of the Trilateral Statement of 9 November 2020. He stressed that the aggressive actions of Azerbaijan are detrimental to the efforts of the international community to de-escalate the situation and are severely undermining the prospects of peace in the region.

The Permanent Representative of Armenia underlined the need for urgent and effective steps by the international actors aimed at prevention of the further escalation and ensuring unconditional and complete withdrawal of the Azerbaijani armed forces from the territory of Armenia.

The UN Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the President of the ECOSOC, and the President of the International Court of Justice made presentations during the meeting presided by Mexico.

Mirzoyan, Zas discuss CSTO mechanisms to stabilize situation in Armenia's eastern border

 19:19,

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone conversation with CSTO Secretary-General Stanislav Zas on November 18.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, Minister Mirzoyan emphasized that Azerbaijan has launched another aggression against the sovereign territory of Armenia. He added that since the signing of the trilateral declaration on November 9, the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan has been undermining security and stability in the region and Armenia's efforts aimed at de-escalation of the situation through provocative actions.

The interlocutors discussed the possible consideration of steps within the framework of the mechanisms and tools of the CSTO in order to stabilize the situation in the eastern border of the Republic of Armenia.

 21:01,

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS. The attack of the Azerbaijani armed forces against the eastern borderline of Armenia is a direct aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, PM Pashinyan said at the extraordinary session of the Security Council.

Today, at about 13:00, the units of the Azerbaijani armed forces launched an attack in the eastern direction of Armenia’s borderline. The Armed Forces of Armenia took countermeasures. The adversary has suffered significant manpower losses. At least 6 armored vehicles have been destroyed. We have also suffered casualties, and we will provide verified information on the number.

Dear colleagues,

Dear compatriots,

The current developments can be unequivocally assessed as a direct aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. As a result of the aggressive actions of Azerbaijan launched on May 12 of this year, Azerbaijan has occupied nearly 41 square kilometers of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. Under the lights of silence of our international partners, Azerbaijan continues its aggressive actions. My assessment is unequivocal: Azerbaijan and the forces encouraging it are targeting our sovereignty, our statehood, our independence. Yes, today we had a difficult day, and we are living difficult days. But today we also showed that we are here, we exist, we are a state, we are a nation and the language of compulsion is inadmissible for us. We can negotiate, we can seek and find mutually acceptable solutions, we act as a responsible member of the international community. But we will not allow to speak with us in the language of arrogance.

I call on the international community to make statements condemning Azerbaijani aggression, targeted statements. Talks about border disputes are absurd and senseless. There is no border dispute, there is aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. The borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been clear since the period of the Soviet Union, by the legally binding agreements.  And if the problem was the border dispute, Azerbaijan should have accepted our proposal of withdrawing forces simultaneously from the borderline between Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan, deploying international observers along the borderline and launching the process of demarcation and delimitation of borders long ago. Azerbaijan, that does not accept this proposal, is an aggressor state and must unequivocally withdraw its forces from the sovereign territory of Armenia. Its hopes to impose its will on Armenia are futile. The Government and the people of the Republic of Armenia are determined, and we will defend our sovereignty, territorial integrity, statehood and independence by all possible means.

At the same time, we continue to emphasize the need for a peaceful resolution of the situation, all our previous proposals are valid. We are committed to the provisions of the November 9 and January 11 trilateral statements”, PM Pashinyan said.

At the beginning of the session the participants of the Security Council meeting honored the memory of the soldiers who fell defending the Motherland with a minute of silence.