On September 30, Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia held a phone conversation.

Foreign Minister Mnatsaknayan comprehensively presented his Russian counterpart the recent developments of the situation resulting from Azerbaijan’s aggression along the line of contact with Artsakh.

In this regard, Minister Mnatsakanyan strongly condemned Turkey’s direct military-political and military-technical involvement in hostilities carried out by Azerbaijan both on the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. Minister Mnatsakanyan also expressed his concern over the recruitment of foreign terrorist combatants by Turkey, their transfer to Azerbaijan and involvement in military actions.

Both sides considered unacceptable the steps undertaken by extra-regional countries towards undermining regional peace and security.