YEREVAN, APRIL 28, ARTSAKHPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan held a meeting on April 28 with Colonel-general Alexander Lentsov, the new Commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh.
“I welcomed Colonel-general Alexander Lentsov on assuming his new position and wished him successes during the peacekeeping mission. We discussed the operative situation and existing problems around Nagorno Karabakh and in the area of responsibility of the peacekeeping contingent and a number of issues aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno Karabakh. I emphasized the need for steady implementation of all terms of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement and attached importance to efforts aimed at swiftly lifting the blockade of the Lachin Corridor,” Papikyan said on social media.
The Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin, military attaché Colonel Igor Shcherbakov, and the former Commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh Major-general Andrei Volkov attended the meeting.
