EXCLUSIVE: EU calls for halting of any hostilities

BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. The EU is calling for halting of any hostilities and for looking for solutions diplomatically, EU External Action spokesperson Peter Stano told ARMENPRESS when asked what steps the EU is going to take to restrain Azerbaijan’s genocidal policy in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“We are assessing the situation very closely, watching the developments on the ground. The EU was always very consistent when it comes to our position regarding relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, that we discourage unilateral steps, we call for halting of any hostilities and for looking for solutions in the process of diplomatic dialogue in case of Armenia and Azerbaijan through the normalization process which was launched and also is facilitated by the EU,” Stano said, adding that a more specific comment and more specific reaction on the situation will be done by High Representative Josep Borrell.