The National Security Council of Georgia held a meeting between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the next military confrontation and the situation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The Co-Chairs strongly condemn the continued violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone as well as against targets in the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan away from the Line of Contact, and express our alarm at reports of increasing civilian casualties. Targeting or threatening civilians is never acceptable under any circumstances. The Co-Chairs call on the sides to observe fully their international obligations to protect civilian populations.
On Monday, 5 October 2020, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Ankara.
In Armenia the change of the government 2 years ago, called “velvet revolution”, was very warmly welcomed by the same international political circles. A bunch of statements, celestial promises, sweet-lips appreciations.
The following open letter was signed by 103 foreign-policy experts, whose names and affiliations appear below.
Defense Minister of Artsakh, Defense Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Karen Abrahamyan today held a consultation with the participation of the members of the army’s Military Council and heads of military-law enforcement bodies.
“Listen, Armenians in Karabakh and Armenia are defending the territory that they want to keep under their control. On the one hand, when Pashinyan issued an order and dismissed the Minister of Defense of Karabakh from office, that was interference with the domestic affairs of Karabakh. On the other hand, Pashinyan states that Karabakh is a separate territory.
In this context, the Co-Chairs urge the sides to refrain from statements and actions suggesting significant changes to the situation on the ground, prejudging the outcome of or setting conditions for future talks, demanding unilateral changes to the format without agreement of the other party, or indicating readiness to renew active hostilities.
Well, that’s it — a troop of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia was deployed to Syria yesterday. After months of political discourse, the issue is now at the level of realpolitik, and this has only deepened the concerns of public and political circles in Armenia.
Yesterday marked the launch of the humanitarian mission that was initiated by the new government of the Republic of Armenia and was discussed and criticized for months. According to the press release issued by the Ministry of Defense, a group of 83 Armenian specialists comprising humanitarian deminers, doctors and security personnel has arrived in the Syrian city of Aleppo to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian people.
