Vagharshak Harutyunyan discussed the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with Sergey Shoigu
The acting Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan discussed the ways to solve the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border during a telephone conversation with RF Defense Minister, General of the Army Sergey Shoigu, press service at the Ministry of Defense reported.
The acting minister stressed that the Armenian side respects the appeals of partner states and structures to solve the matter through peaceful means, adding the Armenian side has not changed its position: the representatives of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces should leave the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia without any preconditions.
Harutyunyan and Shoigu also disused the issue of deploying Russian border guards with the units of the Armenian Armed Forces in the border areas of Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces.