June 21, 2016 - 10:41 AMT
Karabakh Foreign Minister visits Danish Island of Bornholm

Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan participated in the annual People's Meeting "Folkemødet" public forum in the Danish Island of Bornholm on Sunday, June 19.

In the framework of the forum, Mirzoyan delivered a speech at a meeting-discussion in the pavilion of the European Movement of Denmark presided over by the chairwoman of the organization Stine Bosse.

In his welcoming speech, the Foreign Minister stressed the importance of the meeting in terms of raising awareness about Artsakh (Karabakh) in Denmark, as well as presenting the existing situation in Karabakh and its position on international and regional issues.

Answering numerous questions, the Minister briefed the meeting participants on a range of issues related to the national-liberation movement of Artsakh, the current stage of the Karabakh conflict, the country’s achievements in the state-building process and its foreign policy priorities.

Also Sunday, Mirzoyan visited the Bornholm Art Museum. During the ceremony organized there, he handed over a work by talented sculptor Hayk Hakobyan to Director Lars Kærulf Møller for the collection of the museum. On its behalf, the Bornholm Museum donated a work by Bornholm artist Lenny Goldemberg to the Shushi State Museum of Fine Arts. The sides exchanged views on the prospects of possible cooperation in the spheres of culture and museology.