Prime Minister Pashinyan met with NATO Secretary General Jens StoltenbergYEREVAN, Sep 23NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in New York, expressed concern about the events on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the press service of the Armenian Cabinet reported. Stoltenberg stressed the need to resolve regional problems through negotiations and consistent efforts in this direction, including with the support of international partners,» the government's website says. , emphasizing that 36 settlements were shelled by the Azerbaijani armed forces, as a result of which there are casualties and injuries among the civilian population on the Armenian side. «Pashinyan stressed the importance of an adequate reaction of the international community to condemn the actions of Azerbaijan, and as well as the immediate withdrawal of Azerbaijani units from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia,» the press service said. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on various issues of mutual interest, the report said.
The CSTO Secretary General visited the border of Armenia and AzerbaijanOn the night of September 13, hostilities broke out on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties accuse each other of starting 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 the organization's Secretary General Stanislav Zas. fire
