Armenia is concerned to see countries in the larger neighborhood striking each other with missiles, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said during the high-level discussion on “World order and democracy: Map for the South Caucasus” on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum.
“Armenia is doing its best to achieve peace in the region and here we see that some other countries in larger neighborhoods strike each other with missiles. Of course, we are concerned. Of course, we cannot encourage or welcome any escalation, we can only hope that this conflict finds its soonest possible settlement,” the Foreign Minister said.
Speaking about the displacement of more than 100 000 Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh last year, FM Mirzoyan said “it was a huge challenge.” “I think, for any government in the world, it is quite a challenge to receive more than 100 000 refugees in 2-3 days. We did our best to meet the immediate needs of these people, give them shelter, food, and some essential things. Of course, we applied to the assistance of the international community and we appreciate all the assistance we received,” Mirzoyan said.
“Now, it is time for the next stage I would say, we need to somehow satisfy and meet the mid-term and longer-term needs and first of all, here I’m speaking about the housing problem but also employment and bigger efforts would be needed here. Our policy is that if there is no means, no possibility, no opportunity for these people to go back to their homes, then our policy is to make every possible effort to ensure that these people are integrated in the society of the Republic of Armenia, they find the job and build new homes in our country and stay in Armenia,” the Foreign Minister stated.
