Armenian FM holds phone call with Azerbaijani FM

Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone call with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reports.

The Ministers exchanged views as a follow-up to the agreements reached at the level of the leaders of both states. The sides agreed on the structure of the Commission on delimitation and border security. It was agreed to convene a meeting on the Commission on delimitation and border security in near future. The sides also discussed the issues related to addressing humanitarian issues, as well as preparation of works on peace negotiations.

Earlier Denis Gonchar, the director of Fourth Department of RF MFA CIS Countries, told RIA Novosty that  Moscow promotes negotiations on a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan, is creating an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding between the parties.

"We are helping to reach an agreement on a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The Russian side is determined to continue to help Baku and Yerevan in every possible way to create an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding. At the same time, we welcome the initiatives of third countries that can complement our trilateral efforts and are not based on the logic of geopolitical games," Gonchar said.

Uruguay's President and FM condemn the actions of Turkish FM

President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou criticized Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for making the Grey Wolves ultranationalist organization’s salute towards Armenians in Montevideo. "It is very unfortunate that the Turkish foreign minister showed the Turkish ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves salute to a group of Armenians in Montevideo. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s conduct must be strongly critisized. The Armenian community is hurt, and they are right," the Urugayan president said, noting that advancing ties in commercial matters doesn’t mean that they agree with the other side’s domestic or foreign policy.

Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo condemned Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s move in Montevideo where the latter tried to taunt Armenian demonstrators by flashing the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves salute.

Speaking at an Armenian Genocide commemoration ceremony, FM Bustillo said that Uruguay is a country that respects memory and is a country seeking peace, El Pais reports. "In cases of confrontations our country prefers reconciliation. We advocate mutual understanding, tolerance and we hope that those who visit our country, where peace and tolerance is advocated, will act in this manner. I reject and condemn any insulting conduct or gesture that implies physical or moral violence," the Uruguayan FM said, referring to Cavusoglu’s Grey Wolves salute.

During a visit to Uruguay, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu mocked demonstrators outside the Turkish diplomatic representation who gathered to demand recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the eve of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. A video posted on Twitter shows how demonstrators were shouting "asesino" – meaning murderer in Spanish, when Cavusoglu exited the building and was about to be driven away. Then, Cavusoglu is seen smiling and making the gesture of the ultranationalist Turkish Grey Wolves organization, taunting the demonstrators. The gesture used by the Turkish ultra-nationalists was banned in Austria in 2019. In Germany, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Left party also proposed to ban the use of the symbol, describing it as fascist.

Armenia fallen soldier’s father goes on hunger strike 

Misak Avetisyan, the father of Senior Lieutenant Levon Avetisyan who fell during the 44-day Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war in the fall of 2020, declared a hunger strike until May 8.

He told reporters at Freedom Square in downtown Yerevan that he demands that the Prosecutor's Office and the National Security Service arrest Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan by May 8. Otherwise, on May 8, he will set himself on fire at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.

Misak Avetisyan accuses PM Pashinyan of knowingly causing the Armenian casualties during the aforesaid war.

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