On May 19, Armenia Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is participating at the 127th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Cyprus, signed the Council of Europe Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property.

In his speech at the signing ceremony, the CoE Secretary General highly appreciated the readiness of Armenia, Cyprus, Portugal, Greece, San Marino and Mexico, who are the first to sign the Convention, to combat offences relating to cultural properties.