
On November 29 and 30 of this year, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia [(RA)], Nikol Pashinyan, noted in his Facebook posts that on October 19 he was telephoned by the President of the Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] Republic, Arayik Haroutyunyan, and was told that the [recent Artsakh] war should be stopped, also noting that this conveys the opinion not only on behalf of himself, but also of the retired presidents of the RA and NKR [(Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)] Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan. The second and third presidents of Artsakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan, respectively, have noted this in a statement.
"(…) since the beginning of the war, we had been in constant contact with the incumbent President of Artsakh, Arayik Haroutyunyan, discussing the course of the war, the possibilities of resuming the peace negotiation process, and other issues.