Armenian Foreign Minister responds to media reports claiming US obstructed UNSC resolution on NK

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has responded to the media reports which claimed that the United States obstructed the adoption of a resolution during the UN Security Council emergency meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“I have to note that the UN Security Council emergency meeting, which was convened at the request of Armenia, was open, and not only the Armenian people but the whole world had the opportunity to hear the positions of participating countries, including the United States. In conditions when the world sees the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic cleansing against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, I don’t think the United States would anyhow want to or plans to be part or contribute to a policy of ethnic cleansing. It would be difficult to imagine. I think and I hope that the US very well realizes the extent and alarming pace of the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, and also realizes that a possible resolution in the UNSC would come to resolve this situation and return the parties to the negotiations agenda,” Mirzoyan said when asked to comment on the unconfirmed media reports claiming that the US has obstructed the passage of a resolution.