Rex Tillerson hails Armenia’s peacekeeping efforts, pledges support for Karabakh peace process

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandisn had a phone conversation with US Secretary of Stae Rex Tillerson.

The parties discussed a wide range of issues on the agenda of bilateral cooperation, expansion of trade relations, a number of pressing regional and global issues.

Secretary Tillerson expressed gratitude for Armenia’s considerable contribution to international peacekeeping missions and praised the country for sheltering tens of thousand Syrian refugees.

Edward Nalbandian and Rex Tillerson exchanged views on the steps towards furthering the Karabakh peace process. The Armenian Foreign Minister presented the recent developments in the conflict zone.

In this context the interlocutors stressed the need to implement the agreements reached in Vienna and St. Petersburg.

Secretary Tillerson assured of US willingness to maintain active support for the peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS