Uruguay opening Embassy in Armenia, says top diplomatAugust 16, 2021 - 16:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Uruguay has decided to open an embassy in Armenia, the country's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said on Monday, August 16 in Yerevan, pointing to the developing relations between the two countries. Currently on a wirking trip in Armenia, Bustillo also weighed in on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, drawing the international community's attention to the situation in the region, Aysor.am reports. "Conflicts must be resolved without the use of force, they must be settled peacefully," the Uruguayan Foreign Minister told a press conference with Acting Armenian Foreign Minister Armen Grigoryan. Bustillo noted that Uruguay will continue its steps to cooperate with Armenia in a number of areas, to work for bettering mutually beneficial relations. Armenia and Uruguay established diplomatic relations on May 27, 1992. Uruguay was the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |