The UN Security Council held an open debate Tuesday on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

Addressing the event, Armenia’s Ambassador to UN, Karen Nazaryan, expressed a concern by the  deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria and, also, expressed a deep concern by the situation of the Syrian-Armenian community. He added that Armenia continues to receive refuges from Syria.   

Reflecting on the Azerbaijani FM’s irresponsible statements that were made prior to the aforesaid debate, Ambassador Nazaryan informed that the time has come to replace the rhetoric of propaganda and the accusations by constructive steps that will contribute to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.    

As per Nazaryan, Armenia joins the position, according to which the UN Security Council needs to adopt a more active approach toward preventing and reacting to the attacks against civic institutions and facilities, and calls upon Azerbaijan to stop such attacks, including its threats of destroying civil aircrafts.   

In this context, Armenia’s ambassador once again drew the attention of the Security Council to the fact that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have repeatedly urged the parties to the Karabakh conflict to implement confidence-building measures.    

In closing, Karen Nazaryan informed that Armenia remains committed to the Karabakh peace process, and also noted that the key issues need to be resolved by solely pacific means, and based on the precept of international law.