On May 14, the acting Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergey Shoigu. The heads of the defence ministries of the strategic allied countries discussed the situation in Syunik region.

Vagharshak Harutyunyan presented to his Russian counterpart the actions of the Armenian side in the current situation, noting that in all the places, including the Lake Sev, where the Azerbaijanis invaded, the whole area, the military and the ways of their support are under the full control of the Armenian army.

The head of the RA Ministry of Defence, emphasizing the need for a peaceful settlement of the situation, at the same time, considered inadmissible any encroachment on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.

During the telephone conversation, Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Sergey Shoigu also discussed a number of issues related to the Armenian-Russian military cooperation, the mission of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh, as well as regional security.