France will “promptly” send a defense delegation to Armenia, Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu said Wednesday, September 28.

Lecornu met with Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan in Paris and discussed the situation on the border with Azerbaijan. According to the former, hostilities must end and the Azerbaijani forces must return to their initial positions.

The latest round of fighting between the two countries began in the wee hours of September 13, when the Azerbaijani military attacked Armenian posts and shelled Armenian settlements both on the border and deep behind the frontline. At least 207 people are dead or missing as a result, the Security Council of Armenia said on Monday.