Greek Foreign Minister plans to visit Armenia

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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Giorgos Gerapetritis, has said that he plans to visit Armenia in the near future.

Speaking to reporters in Brussels within the framework of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, the Greek FM said he will meet with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan today.

“We’ve come today to the foreign affairs council with a difficult and important agenda. We’ll start with the issue of the relations between Armenia and the European Union. Greece welcomes the ongoing peace process in the South Caucasus. Thanks to the efforts of Greece, today Armenia is invited to the Foreign Affairs Council to present positions aimed at sustainable peace in the broader region. I have personally spoken at length with the Armenian Foreign Minister, and I intend to visit Armenia in the near future, and today I will also have the chance to see the foreign ministers of both Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Greek FM said.