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Putin Discusses Situation in Karabakh Conflict Zone at Security Council Meeting
Moscow / 01.10.20 / Turan: On October 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Security Council, the Kremlin press service reported.
“Special attention was paid to the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and extreme concern was expressed in connection with the ongoing fighting.
Vladimir Putin informed the meeting participants about the preparation of a joint statement by the heads of states - co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, the United States, and France) on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. -02D-
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