On 16 May, Acting Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan had a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

The key topic of the telephone conversation was the situation created by the Azerbaijani armed forces in the border regions of Armenia and the steps taken to reduce the tension. In this regard, the Armenian Foreign Minister praised France’s principled position on the inadmissibility of Azerbaijan’s encroachments on the Armenian sovereign territory.

Reference was made to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, in which the active role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs was emphasized.

Both sides stressed the imperative of taking measures to ensure regional stability and security.