Security of Artsakh’s people priority for Armenia – Ambassador of Armenia to USA

Ambassador of Armenia to the USA Varujan Nersesyan assesses March 29 meeting between Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev as positive.

”The Vienna meeting took place in an atmosphere of constructive gialogue. Both leaders reaffirmed the committment over Dushanbe agreement. The leaders of the two contries exchanged views. Our overall assessment of the meeting is positive”, he said.

Ambassador Nersesyan noted that since the first contacts between the Armenian PM and Azerbaijani president in autumn the ceasefire regime has been mainly respected, thank to which relatively the most traquil period of the last decade has been recorded. ”Despite the continious hostile announcments of the Azerbaijani side, the current relatively calm situation on the contact line has created the necessary atmosphere for organizing an official meeting under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Armenia has always supported the proposals of the mediators to establish a peace-oriented atmosphere, apply mechanisms aimed at risk reduction and prevention of incidents, initiate confidence-building measures, which will allow to continue the negotiations.

For the Armenian side the security of Nagorno Karabakh people and the status of Nagorno Karabakh remain the key priorities”, the Ambassador of Armenia to the USA told Fox News.

Pashinyan-Aliyev Vienna meeting was the first one held under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Before that the two leaders have had 3 unofficial meetings.