10/10/2018 18:50
Ceasefire regime violation cases reduce after meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders in Dushanbe: U.S. Department of State
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent positively assessed the meeting of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe.
“The meeting in Dushanbe has a positive impulse. After this meeting we notice reduction of ceasefire violation cases on the Line of Contact,” Kent said at a briefing in Baku, Interfax reports.
He stressed that the Department of State calls on the parties to continue the selected course.
Earlier today Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev stated that meeting of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the summit of heads of CIA countries in Dushanbe has reduced the tension in Nagorno Karabakh.
“I have witnessed myself how many times they approached each other and discussed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The results are obvious. The tension in the conflict region has considerably reduced,” Lebedev told the reporters.
“We hope that these contacts between the leaders of the two countries will continue and give positive result,” Lebedev stressed.