Disclosure of the confidential cables by WikiLeaks will not damage Armenia-U.S. relations, Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Foreign Minister, told NEWS.am.

“I think that time showed that these publications are not to damage bilateral relations between two states,” Kocharyan said. Asked how serious Yerevan is about the publications, Kocharyan stressed “Foreign Ministry can not but take seriously any documents, especially these ones”.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, the British Guardian referring to infamous WikiLeaks website published rather strong-worded letter (as of December 24, 2008) by the U.S. high ranking official addressed to the Armenian government. The U.S. threatens with sanctions unless Armenia stops transportation of weapons to Iran through its territory resulted in a killing of American soldiers in Iraq.