German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Yerevan today on the first leg of her trip to the south Caucasus and met with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan.

The two are scheduled to hold a joint press conference.

Prior to her trip to Armenia, Baerbock said Germany and the European Union (EU) wanted to work alongside countries in the southern Caucasus to "build a region that overcomes the shadows of the past" and looks towards a better future for the region's population, according the German public state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). 

Baerbock said the EU was ready to make the region concrete offers on the path to peace, including a submarine communications cable through the Black Sea that would help "bring Armenia and Azerbaijan closer to each other and closer to us."

Half of the cost of construction of €45 million ($48 million) would be funded by the EU Global Gateway initiative, which aims to expand the bloc's global influence through infrastructure investment.

Update: Ararat Mirzoyan issued a statement following his meeting today with Baerbock.