FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan's speech at press conference with FM Sergey Lavrov (video)
The Armenian minister thanked for the warm reception and said this is his first foreign trip as a foreign minister, and it is natural that it is taking place in Moscow. “It’s a pleasure for me to be here, in this city taking into account the warm feeling I personally have towards Russia, Moscow. Being a MGIMO graduate I want to state that these were the most wonderful years of my life. I am grateful for the great, professional education I have received in that structure. Our relations, really, have quite firm base. The Armenian government’s commitment to deepen and strengthen our allied relations, our cooperation based on understanding and mutual respect has been and remains as one of our priorities. It is also reflected in the government’s program, which today is being debated in the Parliament. And I am in Moscow with that spirit and mood”, the FM said.
