Yerevan / 19.10.18 / Turan: The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border and on the contact line in Karabakh is unprecedentedly calm, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with journalists.
According to him, this is the result of the agreements reached with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe.
In addition, a stable operational link has been established between Armenia and Azerbaijan within the framework of the agreements reached in Dushanbe. It can be said that any information in half an hour will be brought to the notice of the President of Azerbaijan. If the information comes from their side, it will reach us in the same period." "We are in direct contact, if necessary, the situation is reported to me and Aliyev," Arminfo quotes Pashinyan.
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