Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has met Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who is paying a visit to Yerevan, press department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.
The UN Under-Secretary-General expressed deep concern for the escalation of the situation in the conflict-zone, emphasizing that the UN has expressed its joint position, i.e. unconditional support to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' efforts for exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Developments unfolded in the Middle East, migration crisis were on the agenda of the meeting.
Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20% of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US, are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
