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Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized the need to increase pressure on Azerbaijan from the international community
On January 23, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Brussels on a working visit, met with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, David McAllister.
During the meeting, issues related to regional security and stability were discussed.
Ararat Mirzoyan presented to the interlocutor the consequences of the blocking of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan. It was emphasized that Azerbaijan aims to subject the 120 thousand Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh to ethnic cleansing.
Minister Mirzoyan stressed the need for the international community to increase pressure on Azerbaijan in order to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh. In this context, the Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized the importance of the urgent resolution on the blocking of the Lachin Corridor adopted at the plenary session of the European Parliament on January 18-19 and "Implementation of the common foreign and security policy. 2022 the principled positions expressed in the annual report" which objectively reflect the situation created in the region.
The interlocutors also exchanged thoughts on the process of regulating Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.
Ararat Mirzoyan and David McAllister addressed the agenda issues of the Armenia-EU partnership and the prospects for its expansion. The work of the EU monitoring mission, which ended on December 19, was also highly appreciated.
