A delegation from the US Congress led by Senator Jerry Peters (representative of the Michigan Democratic Party) came to Armenia to meet with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and other politicians. This was reported by the press service of the US Embassy in Yerevan. RIA News.
Peters, who will stay in Armenia until September 25, will meet with Pashinyan, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, Deputy Head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paruyr Hovhannisyan and other names.
At the meeting, the parties will discuss relations between the United States and Armenia, as well as the impact of Azerbaijan’s anti-terrorism operation on the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Among other events, Peters will lay flowers in Yerevan in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and after Yerevan he will travel to the Syunik region on the border of Azerbaijan and Iran to speak with local officials and discuss security and humanitarian issues.
September 19 Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense announced At the beginning of a local counter-terrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh. It was stated that the aim of the operation was to suppress “large-scale provocations” as well as to disarm and withdraw Armenian army units from the region.
In response, the Armenian Ministry of Defense rejected Azerbaijan’s statement that there are still Armenian troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
A day later, between the parties, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, achieved An agreement was reached on a ceasefire in the region. The terms of the ceasefire specifically included the disarmament of Armenian forces and the withdrawal of heavy equipment.
Previously in the European Parliament I started talking About sanctions against Azerbaijan due to the Karabakh attack.
Source: Gazeta
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