the biological laboratories operating in the Republic of Armenia belong to Armenia and are fully controlled by the state structures of the Republic of Armenia.

On April 30, at the initiative of the Armenian side, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held a phone conversation with Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy.

On April 29, Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held a phone conversation with Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.

On April 25, the CSTO official website published an article by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dedicated to the role of Armenia and the Armenian people in the Great Patriotic War, which we hereunder present.

On April 28, at the initiative of the Armenian side, a phone conversation was held between Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Heiko Maas, Federal Foreign Minister of Germany.

On April 24, Armenian diplomatic missions of abroad organized events dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in a number of countries.

Question. Mr. Mnatsakanyan, you said that your grandfather and grandmother are from Van and Bitlis, and from that perspective you are also a descendant of the genocide survivors. What emotions do you have today?

Today, once again bowing to the solemn memory of the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, we reiterate and reaffirm our commitment to the promotion of historical justice and the prevention of new genocides.    

Armenia has a clear vision of balanced approaches based on compromises and parity of commitments, which can lead to a just and lasting settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

On April 21, a video conference was held between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov, with the mediation and participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stéphane Vi