On March 21 Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan received Ivan Kukhta, Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia, by the latter’s request.

During the meeting the Deputy Foreign Minister reaffirmed that Armenia’s principled stance on the right to self-determination is unaltered and during years has been expressed on numerous occasions.

The Deputy Foreign Minister stated that the centuries-old relations between the friendly peoples of Armenia and Ukraine form the solid basis on which the interaction between the two countries are being built.