Meeting of the Foreign Minister of Armenia in the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands

On February 7, in The Hague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Raymond de Roon, the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives (Parliament) of the Netherlands, and members of the committee representing the majority of parliamentary parties.

Meeting of the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia with the UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

On December 20, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan received the delegation headed by Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

MFA Statement

The Republic of Armenia continues to stay committed to the settlement of all outstanding issues with Azerbaijan purely through political and diplomatic means. Accordingly, the statements about Armenia preparing provocations are absolutely groundless. Armenia has no intention to escalate the situation, on the contrary, we remain open to discuss our previously proposed mechanisms for de-escalation.

The meeting of the Foreign Minister of Armenia with the Chairman of the Portugal-Armenia Friendship Group

On July 14, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with Nathalie Teixeira de Oliveira, the Chairman of the Armenia-Portugal Friendship Group.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia received the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France

On December 21, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received the delegation headed by the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse.

Meeting of the Foreign Minister of Armenia and the Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

On December 9, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, who is in Paris on a working visit, met with the Secretary General of La Francophonie Louise Mushikiwabo.

Answer of the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan to the “Sputnik Armenia” news agency

We consider the conduct of Turkish-Azerbaijani military drills in the borders of Armenia and Artsakh, as well as in vicinity of Lachin corridor as actions disrupting the steps towards de-escalation

The answer of the Department of Media and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia to the question of Armenpress news agency

Armenia will continue to act consistently in supporting the realization of the right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh, the de-occupation of the territories of Artsakh subjected to ethnic cleansing, and the return of the Armenian population to those territories in line with the November 9 trilateral statement.

Phone conversation of Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Ara Aivazian with Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov

On May 13, in the first half of the day, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ara Aivazian held a phone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. The interlocutors continued the discussions on the steps to be undertaken towards de-escalating the situation on the state border of the Republic of Armenia resulting from the actions of the Azerbaijani side.

Comment by the Foreign Ministry of Armenia

On November 27, the Armed Forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan have specified the de facto deployment of temporary military checkpoints in order to carry out the combat duty.