During the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia to the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ruben Karapetyan today had a meeting with Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov, as reported the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed several priorities on the agenda of bilateral cooperation and the regional agenda, exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East and North Arica and attached special importance to the international community’s efforts for protection of the rights of national and religious minorities in the Middle East.

Presenting the developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, Karapetyan viewed the transfer of foreign terrorist mercenaries from the Middle East and, in this regard, stressed the importance of combining efforts in the fight against terrorism.