Pashinyan and Blinken discussed Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process

The dynamics of deepening partnership between Armenia and Cyprus, as well as the activity of the political dialogue between the two countries were noted at the meeting of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan with Speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives Annita Dimitriou.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Armenia on May 20-21 on a working visit. According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, his detailed talks with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan are planned, and conversations with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Vahagn Khachaturyan are expected.

The Armenian side proposed to raise relations with Cyprus to the level of strategic cooperation, said Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan in Yerevan at a press conference with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Anita Dimitriou.

Baku and Yerevan are very close to reaching an agreement, says EC Vice-President, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the finalization of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan an important step forward.

In an open letter to the Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin referred to a statement made by Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the head of the Command and Staff Institute of the Military Academy of the Armenian Defense Ministry and former press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, in a recent interview with the Public Television of Armenia.