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Implementation of the agreements reached during the Vienna and St. Petersburg meetings is of an imperative, Armenian acting Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated during his lecture at University of California, Berkeley.

As the press department of the foreign ministry reports, Nalbandian reflected on the aggression against Artsakh initiated by Azerbaijan and the occurred situation.

“In April Azerbaijan blatantly violated the 1994-1995 ceasefire agreements and initiated a large-scale preplanned offensive against Artsakh, using offensive armament, including air forces, heavy artillery, missiles and tanks. The offensive came in violation of all the norms of the international humanitarian law. This adventurism caused a major blow to the ongoing negotiations and disrupted the peaceful settlement process,” Nalbandian said.

The acting foreign minister stressed that Armenia along with the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs exert efforts to overcome the consequences of the aggression initiated by Azerbaijan.

“To restore the trust toward the peaceful resolution of the conflict is of necessity, which is possible through creating conditions aimed at preventing the use of force and pushing forward the peaceful settlement process, ” Nalbandian stressed.