On October 11, the Secretary of the Security Council, Armen Grigoryan, met with the US Senior Adviser on Caucasus Negotiations, Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Louis Bono.

The two discussed the normalisation of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, within which the Secretary of the Security Council presented Armenia's approaches.

The parties also addressed the humanitarian problems and rights of Armenians displaced from Nagorno Karabakh.

On September 19, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, which left hundreds of Armenians killed and thousands of others displaced. On September 20, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire on Azerbaijan’s terms, including the dissolution of the Defense Army. On September 18, President of the Republic of Artsakh Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree, according to which the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) will cease to exist by January 1, 2024. Over 100,000 displaced residents have already fled Nagorno-Karabakh and reached Armenia.