Foreign minister signals new era for Armenia: Peace, EU ambitions, trade, ‘huge’ infrastructure plan

Asia / Pacific

Issued on: 29/04/2026 – 20:47Modified: 30/04/2026 – 12:20

Ahead of the first-ever EU–Armenia summit, FRANCE 24’s François Picard sits down with Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan, at the country’s newly inaugurated embassy in Paris. He presents a country at a pivotal juncture: one defined by the simultaneous consolidation of peace and strategic repositioning. He asserts that “we now have peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan”, framing this not as a symbolic declaration but as an emerging reality, further underscored by the intention to “institutionalise this peace”.

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