Go to the Media BankSpeaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks at a briefing after the meeting in YerevanYEREVAN, 18 Sep. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed gratitude to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi for the support of the United States to Armenian democracy, the press service of the country's Cabinet reported. Pashinyan called the visit of the delegation led by Pelosi to Yerevan unprecedented. «All Armenians consider you a true friend of Armenia. But I want to continue the words of gratitude, because I also want to express gratitude for the US support for Armenian democracy, as this is also very important for us. We see the willingness of the US government to support the democratic agenda of our country. I wanted to express our commitment to the democratic reform agenda, despite the fact that, as you can see, this is not such an easy path,» the government press service quotes Pashinyan. «Another fact that I would like to mention is that we appreciate the clear position of the United States regarding Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia.Of course, the clear language of the US government is welcome, because it is very important to us.You know that the UN Security Council has discussed the current situation, and we hope — and this is our position — that this situation should remain in agenda of the UN Security Council, and in this regard, of course, we hope for the support of the United States,» the Armenian prime minister added. On Tuesday night, the Armenian-Azerbai fighting broke out on the Dzhan border, the parties blame each other for the beginning of the aggravation. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military shelled the territory of Armenia using artillery and drones. The areas on the border — Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik (connects Armenia with Iran) regions — were shelled. These territories have nothing to do with Karabakh. Baku stated that the Armenian military fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border, there was a clash. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of intending to disrupt the peace process. Both sides reported losses among their military. By morning, the parties agreed to a ceasefire. As the head of the international committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Grigory Karasin, told RIA Novosti, a truce on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the senator, there is a lot of work to be done, since Yerevan applied to the CSTO. As CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said earlier, an emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held on September 13, which expressed extreme concern about the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and considered proposals for using the CSTO mechanisms by settlement. On Tuesday, the CSTO Collective Security Council reached an agreement to send a mission of the organization to Armenia, headed by Secretary General of the organization Stanislav Zas.
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