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Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Jeffrey D. Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who is paying a visit to Yerevan, press department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia presented to the UN Under-Secretary-General the consequences of the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan in early April, attaching importance to the unequivocal position of the international community on the impermissibility of military actions.

The UN Under-Secretary-General expressed deep concern for the escalation of the situation in the conflict-zone, emphasizing that the UN has expressed its joint position, i.e. unconditional support to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' efforts for exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

Developments unfolded in the Middle East, migration crisis were on the agenda of the meeting.

The sides discussed issues of Armenia's involvement in the United Nations, effective projects implemented in Armenia by the United Nations Development Programme, reads the statement.

Following the meeting, a number of documents on cooperation in different areas of the Republic of Armenia and the United Nations for the forthcoming 4 years were signed (Country Program Action Plan /CPAP/ between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the United Nations Development Program 2016 to 2020; Country Program Action Plan /CPAP/ between The Government of Armenia and United Nations Population Fund 2016-2020; Country Program Action Plan between The Government of Armenia and United Nations Children's Fund 2016-2020).