Pashinyan holds phone call with Putin

YEREVAN, MARCH 13, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office reported.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Nagorno Karabakh resulting from the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan was discussed, according to a read-out issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. In this context, PM Pashinyan discussed the March 5 Azerbaijani terror attack in Nagorno Karabakh and its consequences. The Armenian Prime Minister attached importance to a targeted reaction by Russia in context of overcoming the crisis in Nagorno Karabakh.

Views were exchanged around the process of Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization of relations.

Issues concerning the implementation of the 9 November 2020, 11 January and 26 November 2021 and 31 October 2022 trilateral statements between the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan were discussed.