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Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan on Monday held a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian.

The foreign ministers touched upon the recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. In this context, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan briefed his French counterpart on deliberate shelling of the capital of Artsakh and other large civilian settlements, as well as the civilian population and other essential civilian infrastructures by Azerbaijan.

The Armenian foreign policy chief strongly condemned the actions of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan, accompanied by gross violations of International Humanitarian Law, the Foreign Ministry's press service reported 

Mnatsakanyan expressed his deep concern over the direct involvement of foreign terrorists fighters transferred from the Middle East with the support of Turkey, in the hostilities instigated by Azerbaijan, which undermines the regional security and peace.

Both sides stressed the importance of the immediate cessation of hostilities and undertaking all the necessary steps within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship in this regard.