In the evening of November 17, the RA Minister of Defense David Tonoyan had a phone conversations with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergey Shoigu.
The ministers discussed the operative situation in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh and issues related to the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. The RA Minister of Defense thanked his counterpart for the quick and efficient deployment of a peacekeeping unit, as well as for organizing the search and exchange of dead servicemen, captives, hostages and missing persons.
Special attention was paid to the humanitarian situation in Nagorno Karabakh. The Armenian Defense Minister expressed his support for the establishment of a Russian interdepartmental humanitarian response center in Nagorno Karabakh, which will deal with the return of refugees, the restoration of civilian infrastructure, the search for the dead, captives and missing persons, and the coordination of activities of various humanitarian organizations.
An agreement was reached, if necessary, to sign a trilateral document in this area between the Ministries of Defense of Azerbaijan, Russian Federation and Armenia.
