Within last year, RA President Serzh Sargsyan paid 22 foreign visits and 8 country leaders arrived in Armenia, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in Jan. 22 interview.

According to him, RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan paid 8 visits and hosted two counterparts.

In 2009 RA Premier Tigran Sargsyan made 8 visits, whereas Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian-29. Foreign Ministers of 11 countries and 5 heads of international organizations arrived in Yerevan, Nalbandian outlined adding numerous mutual visits were paid, political consultations, meetings, events were held, accords were reached. In addition, over 100 international agreements were signed furthering the intensification of bilateral and multilateral relations.

RA FM participated in 40 press conferences and delivered over 20 interviews to world media in the course of his visits.

In 2009, over 100.000 documents were circulated by RA Foreign Ministry.

L.A.