YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan on Thursday had a telephone conversation with Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Stanislav Zas. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The main topic of their conversation was the situation created by the large-scale aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict zone.
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan reaffirmed Armenia's commitment to the implementation of the October 10 joint statement of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia on a ceasefire and its strengthening, while expressing deep concern over the Azerbaijani side’s non-fulfillment of its respective obligations and targeting peaceful settlements throughout Artsakh.
He added that these aggressive actions of Azerbaijan are accompanied by numerous violations of international humanitarian and customary law, once again emphasizing the priority of ensuring the existential safety of the people of Artsakh through the full exercising and recognition of their right to live freely and safely in their historical homeland.
The Minister especially emphasized the inadmissibility of provocative encroachments of the Azerbaijani armed forces on the sovereign territory of Armenia.
Minister Mnatsakanyan expressed deep concern over Turkey's expansionist policy of unconditionally supporting Azerbaijan by deploying international armed terrorists in the conflict zone, emphasizing that Azerbaijan's irreversible tendency to become a center of international terrorism is a threat to the CSTO region.
The Armenian Foreign Minister stressed that the Armenian political leadership always assesses the military situation and the steps arising from it—also taking into account the possibility of initiating CSTO regulatory processes.
The Minister informed the CSTO Secretary General that Armenia will continue to constantly inform the Collective Security Treaty Organization and its other member states about the current situation, and the consequences of Azerbaijan's aggression.
