Armenian Defense Ministry presents main issues of negotiations between Armenian, Russian Defense Ministers

Apart from the topical issues of Armenian-Russian defense cooperation, the Armenian side raised a number of key issues during the Armenian-Russian negotiations in Moscow at the level of Defense Ministers on August 11, including the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the ways to overcome it, prevention of border incidents, inadmissibility of ceasefire violation cases in Nagorno Karabakh, and in this context, exclusion of incidents like the one that happened on August 11, when the Azerbaijani armed forces used drones against the military positions of the Defense Army of Artsakh, as well as the speedy solution of the issue of the Armenian POWs, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MoD Armenia.

Armenian Minister of Defense Arshak Karapetyan met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu in Russia. The meeting was held in both narrow and expanded formats, the defense ministry said in a news release.

During the meeting Karapetyan and Shoigu discussed a broad circle of issues related to the Armenian-Russian allied relations and exchanged views over the issues of ensuring regional and international security.

Congratulating Karapetyan on his appointment as defense minister, Shoigu praised the work in the latest period carried out by the defense ministries of the two countries for developing bilateral cooperation and solving existing issues in the region.

Minister of Defense Shoigu emphasized that Russia will continue to make maximum efforts for strengthening peace in Nagorno Karabakh and peaceful resolution of the situation in Armenia’s bordering regions. He also thanked Armenia for continuing to participate in the humanitarian mission in Syria, despite the existing issues.

At Shoigu’s request, Karapetyan briefed him on the tactical situation around the borders of Armenia, attaching importance to the mediating efforts carried out ...