On April 11, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received Brice Roquefeuil, the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
During the meeting, the role of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship in the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of its mandate was emphasized.
The situation created by the incursion of Azerbaijani armed forces into the village of Parukh and adjacent areas in Nagorno-Karabakh, within the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, was discussed. The Armenian Foreign Minister presented the humanitarian problems deliberately created by Azerbaijan for the Armenian population of Artsakh and the actions aimed at subjecting Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing. The necessity for Azerbaijani armed units to return to their March 23 positions was underscored.
Ararat Mirzoyan presented Armenia’s position regarding the start of negotiations with Azerbaijan on a peace treaty, emphasizing in that context the mediating role of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship and the co-chair countries.
