Defense Minister Suren Papikyan and U.S. ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy met on Wednesday, March 23 to discuss the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the issues of humanitarian nature, which, Papikyan said, need immediate solution.
The parties also discussed the current issues and prospects of the Armenian-American cooperation in the field of defense.
At the end of the meeting, they also exchanged views on the international security situation and military-political developments.
Beginning from March 8, over 100,000 residents in Karabakh were deprived of gas for over 10 days, and because the pipeline was damaged in territories currently under Baku's control, the Azerbaijani military would not allow the Armenian side to eliminate the problem. Gas supply resumed on March 19, only to be interrupted again on March 22.
The Azerbaijan armed forces have also been violating the ceasefire and using loudspeakers to spread panic among the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, attempting to force them to leave their homes.
