Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian met the Armenian mountaineers, who are going to climb Elbrus Mountain, RA MFA press service reported. Vardan Oskanian handed the mountaineers the Armenian flag, which will be hoisted on the peak of Elbrus. Armenian mountaineers headed by Hayk Tonoian will climb Elbrus within the international group of 500 people. The expedition is dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the UN 60-th anniversary. Earlier the Armenian mountaineers conquered the peaks of Tien Shan, Pamirs and the Alaska Mountain Chain. Hayk Tonoian climbed Ararat Mountain in 1991 and 2001.