Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met on February 15 with the member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez within the framework of Munich Security Conference, MFA press service reports.

During the meeting the sides discussed a number of issues on developing Armenian-American partnership and attached significance to the role of the American Armenian community in it.

With the request of the senator, Zohrabyan briefed on the recent domestic political developments in Armenia and the pace of reforms implemented by the new Armenian government.

The foreign minister stressed that innovation, IT and high-tech sectors will be the basis for economic development of the country.

The interlocutors also exchanged views over regional and international developments, underscored the necessity of protection of ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.