Armenian Acting Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu had a telephone conversation, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
Harutyunyan and Shoygu discussed the regional situation and the implementation of the objectives of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as other issues of bilateral interest.
Harutyunyan presented the situation created by the provocations of the Azerbaijani armed forces and the actions of the Armenian side. Both sides agreed on the need for a peaceful settlement of the issue.
At the same time, the Acting Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia stressed that encroachments on the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia are absolutely unacceptable, and that the Azerbaijani military is obliged to return to the starting positions.
