A substantial increase in Azerbaijan’s flagrant ceasefire violations was recorded last year, and which caused numerous human casualties.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, stated the aforesaid in his address at the 16th meeting of Armenia-European Union Cooperation Council, which was convened Monday in Brussels.

Nalbandian briefed the Council on the latest developments related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the respective peace talks, and the escalation of situation on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact and the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, as a result of Azerbaijan’s provocations and gross violations of the ceasefire regimen.

Nalbandian assured that Armenia will continue its joint efforts with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, to achieve solely a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

Regional security issues and other topics on the international political agenda were also touched upon at the Council meeting.