The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved solely through peace.

Panos Kammenos, the Minister of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic, stated the aforesaid during his talk with Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, who was visiting Greece.

Also, the Greek minister considered any attempt at a military solution to the conflict to be unacceptable.

Sharmazanov, for his part, condemned the aggression which Azerbaijan had unleashed against the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) in early April, and added that Turkey was the only country to openly support Azerbaijan during those days. 

The Armenian NA deputy speaker informed the Greek minister about the Azerbaijani barbarity against the Armenian soldiers as well civilians. He noted that this barbarity was carried out in the manner of Daesh—an acronym for the Arabic phrase al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). 

“Azerbaijan’s torturing of [Armenian] civilians is the vivid illustration of a war crime,” he added.

At the end of the talk, Eduard Sharmazanov presented an award to Panos Kammenos, and in recognition of his considerable contribution to the strengthening and development of Armenian-Greek ties.

On the same day, the Armenian parliament vice president and the Hellenic minister of defense visited the Syntagma Square, which is the central square of the Greek capital city of Athens, and laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.