Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Joshua Huck met today in Armenia and discussed issues on the agenda of the strategic partnership between their two countries.

Mirzoyan’s office reports they exchanged views on the development of cooperation in several areas of mutual interest, as stipulated in the partnership charter aimed at ensuring concrete results and strengthening the resilience of Armenia.

Mirzoyan emphasized that there is a real opportunity to establish peace in the South Caucasus, and the signing of the Agreement on peace and establishment of interstate relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan would mark a historic milestone on that path.

They expressed satisfaction with the ongoing engagements, including the participation of official and expert circles from the U.S. in the 2nd edition of the Yerevan Dialogue international forum.