Acting Minister of Defense of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan today held a telephone conversation with Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, army general Sergey Shoygu, as reported the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
The defense ministers of the two countries, which are strategic allies, discussed the current situation in Syunik Province.
The Armenian defense minister attached importance to the need for a peaceful solution of the situation, but also considered any encroachment on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia inadmissible.
During the phone talks, Harutyunyan and Shoygu also discussed the Armenian-Russian military cooperation, the mission of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as several issues related to regional security.