11:55, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. On March 8, in Cairo, within the framework of the Ministerial Session of the Council of the League of Arab States, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan  had a meeting with Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Issa Alharthy, Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of the Sultanate of Oman. 

Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan and Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Issa Alharthy touched upon the issues of bilateral agenda between Armenia and Oman, stressing the importance of enhancing political dialogue and conducting regular consultations, the foreign ministry said in a read-out.

They exchanged views on the opportunities of further developing cooperation in trade, economy, tourism and other spheres.

Regional and international security issues were also discussed.

Touching upon the security situation in the South Caucasus, the Deputy Foreign Minister presented the efforts of the Armenian side towards the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and emphasised that the Azerbaijani side, in contrary, challenges the normalisation process, peace and stability in the region with its continuous provocations and maximalist aspirations. Vahan Kostanyan briefed his counterpart on the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the blockade of the Lachin corridor and highlighted the urgency of unblocking the corridor in accordance with the provisions of the 2020 November 9 Statement.

Issues of possible cooperation between Armenia and Oman on other international platforms were also discussed. In this context, the Deputy Foreign Minister stressed the inadmissibility of manipulating the religious factor by Azerbaijan, underlining that it does not correspond to the logic of traditionally warm relations between Armenia and the Armenian people and the Arab world.