We will continue to engage firmly with all our partners to de-escalate and to exclude the external actors from this region and to stop them from these destabilizing actions they have been taking.  

BBC: Minister, I ask you to respond to the Azeri accusation that it was Armenia’s actions that sparked this conflict. 

On September 29, the session of the CSTO Permanent Council was held. Before the discussion of the issues on agenda, Victor Biyagov, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the CSTO, delivered remarks.

This disinformation is absolutely false and is aimed at preparing grounds for expanding the geography of hostilities, including the aggression against the Republic of Armenia.

The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh will give adequate military-political response to Azerbaijan’s consistent attempts to undermine regional security and peace.

And that strong resolve of the Armenian sides has no alternative, as it embodies The unshattered will of the Armenian people to live in their historical homeland.  

Armenia has been very firm on its position that the solution is strictly through peaceful means, strictly on the basis of a compromise

There is no alternative to the peaceful settlement, which is done through negotiations with the mediation of three important countries - France, Russia and the United States, the so-called OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship - and which needs to be base

Early this morning, the Azerbaijani side launched missile attacks along the entire line of contact targeting also the peaceful settlements, including the capital Stepanakert.

Well, the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh have been and remain absolutely determined to defend their land and defend their freedom.