On September 27, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, within the framework of his visit to New York participated in the Ministerial conference of Ancient Civilizations Forum. The Foreign Ministers of Bolivia, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and high-level officials from Italy, China and Peru attended the event.

In his remarks Minister Mnatsakanyan thanked all his colleagues for the opportunity provided to Armenia to become a full member of the Ancient Civilizations Forum.

“We realize the depth of vulnerabilities to our cultural heritage, collective cultural heritage, to sites, tangible, intangible heritage, this needs to be protected and this would be sense of responsibility we will want to work together,”- noted the Foreign Minister of Armenia.