Armen Grigoryan emphasized the need for an international presence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor at the meeting with Brice Roquefeuil

Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan today received Special Commissioner for South Caucasus Affairs, French Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil.

The interlocutors discussed the difficult humanitarian situation created around the Lachin Corridor and resulting from it in Nagorno-Karabakh. The parties emphasized the need to implement the legally binding decision made by the International Court of Justice regarding the opening of the Lachin Corridor.

The Secretary of the Security Council drew the attention of his interlocutor to the terrorist attack carried out by the Azerbaijani armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh on March 5 and emphasized the need for an international presence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor.

Our most powerful weapons were not used during the 44-day war - Serzh Sargsyan

In terms of ammunition and personnel, we used 50 percent in the 44-day war, so why didn't we use the other 50 percent?

Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of the Republic of Armenia, stated in a conversation with journalists:

"The rulers of the country often try to compare something with a car. Our army was not a "Mercedes", that's for sure, and it couldn't be, because today's "Mercedes" has a history of decades, but our army can be compared to a quality, good car that performed its duties.

They say that the car was not good, but they forget that that car is driven not only by a person who doesn't have a driver's license but by someone who doesn't know how to drive at all. Inevitably, that car will fall into the valley and fall into the valley. Instead of understanding that they need to know how to drive, they say again that we didn't have an army," Serzh Sargsyan.

The convoy of military equipment of the Armed Forces did not pass the Stepanakert-Ghaibalishen-Lisagor road: The Ministry of Defense denies the message issued by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia informs that the message spread by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan that the column of military equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces accompanied by the Russian peacekeepers passed along the Stepanakert-Ghaibalishen-Lisagor road on March 7 is not true. Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Aram Torosyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.

The claims of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan regarding the transfer of personnel of the RA Armed Forces and their rotation are also false.

Azerbaijan claims that "arms were transferred from Armenia to Karabakh accompanied by Russian peacekeepers"

"Today, the Russian peacekeeping troops accompanied the transportation of the military vehicles of the Armenian armed forces and illegal armed formations to Karabakh via an alternative ground route to the Lachin Corridor."

This is claimed by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, declaring that "it was recorded by the means of technical observation of the Azerbaijani units deployed in that direction, and it is a gross violation of tripartite agreements, which must be stopped immediately."

Armen Grigoryan emphasized the need for an international presence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor at the meeting with Brice Roquefeuil

Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan today received Special Commissioner for South Caucasus Affairs, French Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil.

The interlocutors discussed the difficult humanitarian situation created around the Lachin Corridor and resulting from it in Nagorno-Karabakh. The parties emphasized the need to implement the legally binding decision made by the International Court of Justice regarding the opening of the Lachin Corridor.

The Secretary of the Security Council drew the attention of his interlocutor to the terrorist attack carried out by the Azerbaijani armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh on March 5 and emphasized the need for an international presence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corrido

Baku made a similar statement about the bloody incident of March 5, but the Armenian side denied it.

The situation is tense, what prevents the American and French co-chairs in the region from visiting Artsakh? - HRD of Artsakh

Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan made a post referring to the situation on the Lachin Corridor. 

"Right now, American co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Louis Bono and French co-chairman Brice Roquefoy are in the region and are having meetings in Baku and Yerevan.

Today is already the 86th day Artsakh is under siege, facing a humanitarian crisis situation and widespread violations of human rights.

On March 5, a subversive group of the Azerbaijani armed forces carried out a terrorist operation against the Artsakh policemen, in which three policemen were killed and one was injured.

The Azerbaijani side continues to issue threats, regularly resorting to military escalation. The situation is tense.

What prevents the American and French co-chairs in the region from visiting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in order to express their determination to preserve the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group and resolve the conflict peacefully?

In Artsakh, a group of citizens blocked the main entrance to the central location of Russian peacekeepers

A group of people from Artsakh are protesting today near the main entrance of the central location of Russian peacekeepers. They had to block their exit and entrance for several hours. The protesters were waiting for a representative from the peacekeepers to come and present their demands, that is to ensure the peaceful and safe life of the people of Artsakh.

There was an incident between the protesters and the peacekeepers because one of the protesters blocked the entrance with a car, and the peacekeepers were trying to remove it.

RA Security Council Secretary emphasized the need to send an international fact-finding team to the Lachin Corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh at the meeting with the American Co-Chair of the ICRC

On March 7, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan received Senior Advisor on Caucasian Negotiations, American Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Louis Bono.

The parties discussed the latest developments in the process of regulating Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.

Reference was made to the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan and its consequences, within the framework of which the Security Council Secretary highlighted the need to send an international fact-finding team to the Lachin Corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh.

It should be noted that today Armen Grigoryan also received the Special Commissioner for the South Caucasus, the French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil. The interlocutors discussed the difficult humanitarian situation created around the Lachin Corridor and resulting from it in NK. The parties emphasized the need to implement the legally binding decision made by the International Court of Justice regarding the opening of the Lachine Corridor.

The meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States

On March 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Cairo on a working visit, met with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.

The interlocutors stressed that the relations between the Armenian and Arab nations are based on centuries-old friendship and mutual respect. In this context, the role of the Armenian communities in the Arab countries was also mentioned.

The Ministers noted with satisfaction that the Armenian presence in the countries of the Arab world is one of the best examples of the coexistence of the Christian and Muslim nations. In this regard, Minister Mirzoyan underlined that the groundless attempts of the Azerbaijani side to artificially manipulate the religious factor in various platforms and to hamper the traditional foundations of the cooperation between Armenia and the countries of the Arab world should be rejected.

The importance of regular contact and political dialogue in the framework of the League of Arab States as well as with the member states of the organization was highlighted.