The issue of Armenian citizens on the Azerbaijani territory was and remains in the focus of the attention of the Armenian MFA, FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said during Thursday's debates on the 2019 state budget performance report.

According to him, on June 28, 2019, Armenia unconditionally returned to Azerbaijan the latter's citizen, who illegally crossed the state border on March 16 of the same year, and Azerbaijan handed over an Armenian citizen, who on June 21, 2017, appeared in the Azerbaijani territory, under unclear circumstances.

The minister noted that reducing escalation in Karabakh is the most important area of diplomatic activity for Armenia. According to him, Armenia clearly formulated its approaches to the resolution of the Karabakh issue, and they were voiced at different sites.

During the past year, the FM also pointed to the strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and Karabakh in different directions.