EU Special Representative for South Caucasus in Yerevan, Meets with Armenia Defense Minister

• 09.15.2022, 17:08
•  Europe,  World,  Armenia

Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan on Thursday received Toivo Klaar, the European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, according to NEWS.am the Ministry of Defense off Armenia informs.

Expressing thanks for quickly reacting to the current situation and visiting the region, the Minister of Defense presented the situation created as a result of Tuesday’s large-scale military aggression of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia.

Papikyan noted that this large-scale aggression is a pre-planned Azerbaijani provocation. And regarding the resolution of the situation, the Minister of Defense stressed the need for targeted assessments by the international community including the EU to this aggression.

In his turn, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus presented the EU position on the immediate cessation of hostilities, and stressed the need to resolve all existing disagreements solely through diplomatic instruments.

Also, Klaar reaffirmed the commitment of the EU to contribute to the restoration of the negotiation process and the reaching of agreements between the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides.