Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had to cancel his visit to Uruguay due to illness.

According to diplomatic sources Edward Nalbandian, who is presently in Buenos Aires, has high temperature.

On January 1, the Armenian FM attended inauguration ceremony of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and left for Buenos Aires to meet with his Argentinean counterpart Hector Timerman on January 3.

In Uruguay he planned to meet with the government members and representatives of the local Armenian community, RFE/RL reported.