A telephone conversation took place between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. This was announced by the Government’s press service.
Nikol Pashinyan informed the President of the Russian Federation about the results of the meeting held on April 6 with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, through the mediation of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
The interlocutors emphasised the agreements on the signing of a peace treaty with Azerbaijan and the start of border demarcation work. The President of the Russian Federation expressed readiness to fully support the aforementioned processes.
Reference was made to the incursion of Azerbaijani units into the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh. Prime Minister Pashinyan expressed the Armenian side’s expectation that the Russian peacekeepers will take clear measures to ensure the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani units that have entered.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation also touched upon issues of economic cooperation between the two countries and agreed that these issues will also be discussed in detail during Nikol Pashinyan’s official visit to the Russian Federation on April 19.