Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today received the delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias.

Pashinyan welcomed the Greek foreign minister’s visit, which is a major support to Armenia and the Armenian people at this difficult time. “Our nations are linked by historically cordial ties and common values. Armenia attaches importance to the ongoing strengthening and development of the relations with Greece. I would like to express gratitude to Greece and the Greek people for supporting Armenia and the Armenian people,” Pashinyan said, after which he touched upon the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27 and talked about Turkey’s overt involvement and actions destabilizing the region.

The Greek foreign minister conveyed the cordial greetings and support of Prime Minister of Greece Kiriakos Mitsotakis. Dendias said Greece and the Greeks stand with the Armenians in this difficult situation, added that Greece supports immediate cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh and emphasized that Greece condemns foreign interferences provoking the hostilities and supports the call of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for maintenance of the ceasefire and resumption of the negotiation process.

Pashinyan and Dendias also touched upon Turkey’s destabilizing expansionary policy which is manifested in different regions and underscored the inadmissibility of this policy and exchanged views on the joint actions to counter this policy.