Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the basic point the Deputy is making on enhancing that presence and strengthening it with a view to facilitating greater movement in terms of the rights of Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh area. This has been a long-standing conflict, causing a lot of death. There are refugees on both sides, with the displacement of some 800,000 people since the beginning of the conflict. It is quite shocking and in our view unnecessary. Dialogue and diplomacy should have resolved this. The European mission could be expanded. We will take a proactive approach in line with that sentiment.

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