Artsakh's FM, Armenian Defense Minister discuss security issues in Artsakh

YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republicof Artsakh DavidBabayan, who is on a working visitin Yerevan, met with Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan on March 16.

As ARENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Artsakh, the sidestouched upon issues related tothesecurity ofArtsakh, the implementation of the peacekeeping mission,andthe current politicaland militarydevelopmentsin the region.

Humanitarianissueswere also discussed at the meeting. The Ministers, in particular, emphasized the need to intensify efforts to retrievethe bodies of the Armenian servicemenkilled duringthe Azeri-Turkish armed aggression unleashed against the Republicof Artsakh on September 27, 2020, as well as to release all the Armenian prisoners of war and hostages, highly appreciating the role of the Russian Federation peacekeeping forces in this process