Armenian, Austrian foreign ministers discuss regional stability and security issues

 15:13, 6 June 2023

YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS. On June 6, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a phone conversation with Alexander Schallenberg, the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria.

“The interlocutors touched upon the agenda of bilateral cooperation as well as issues of mutually beneficial collaboration in multilateral platforms,” the Armenian foreign ministry said in a readout.

Views were also exchanged on the Armenia-EU partnership, it added.

Issues on regional stability and security were also discussed.

The Foreign Minister of Armenia briefed his Austrian counterpart on the latest developments in the normalization process of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. Minister Mirzoyan emphasized the position of the Armenian side on the resolution of key issues in the negotiation process, in particular, the border delimitation on the basis of a clearly expressed commitment to mutual recognition of territorial integrity as well as addressing of issues of rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. The need to solve the existing problems, including humanitarian issues, the blockade of the Lachin corridor as well as finding a comprehensive settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue was stressed.




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