Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a brief conversation with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev  in Dushanbe during which they have reached agreements on the Karabakh conflict settlement. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a live broadcast on Facebook on Friday, after returning from Dushanbe.

According to the Prime Minister, during their first informal conversation the leaders of the two countries agreed to instruct their defense ministers to take concrete steps on reducing the tension on the border and preventing border incidents.

According to him, President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan has also been informed about this agreement “ In essence, we can say that measures are being taken to prevent the ceasefire violation along the whole line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijan. I have given relevant instructions to our Armed Forces and I can say that the previous night was the most peaceful since I was elected Prime Minister”, the PM said.

Nikol Pashinyan also emphasized that during the conversation the commitment to the negotiation process was recorded. “We agreed to establish operative communication channels but we have not agreed about its technical implementation”, Pashinyan said, adding that there were no other discussions.

“I am happy and hope that those agreements will be respected, since they are extremely important”, PM Pashinyan said.