Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized on Tuesday that Yerevan has made a sovereign choice to pursue a balancing foreign policy based not on dependence on a single center, but on the formation of substantive and mutually beneficial partnerships across different directions.

Speaking at the Yerevan Dialogue 2026 forum, he noted that the United States, France, Kazakhstan, China, and an expanding group of European countries are today part of Armenia’s strategic partnership landscape—not as alternatives to one another, but as diverse and cooperative pillars of its foreign policy architecture.

“Our commitment to peace, cooperation, and development guides our approach toward our neighbors. The process of normalizing relations with Türkiye reflects our belief that open borders and good-neighborly relations will best serve the interests of our people. With Georgia, we continue to deepen our strategic partnership based on mutual interests, and with Iran, we have consistently maintained friendly ties and close cooperation,” he said.

Mirzoyan stressed that diplomacy alone is not sufficient to sustain peace.

“When we share trade routes, energy networks, and digital connectivity, we also share risks and benefits. Therefore, by jointly building infrastructure with our neighbors that connects East to West and North to South, we create a reality in our region where every actor has a vested interest in their neighbor’s stability,” the minister said, adding that this is the foundation of the “Crossroads of Peace” initiative and the TRIPP project.