On June 26, Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan received Andrius Pulokas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania, to the Republic of Armenia, on the occasion of handing over a copy of his credentials.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs congratulated Ambassador Pulokas on his appointment, wishing him fruitful work in his new position. He also believed the ambassador would further strengthen and deepen relations between Armenia and Lithuania.
During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the agenda of issues related to both bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including within the framework of the European Union. The parties have expressed their readiness to make all efforts to realize the existing potential of bilateral collaboration fully.
Paruyr Hovhannisyan also presented the interlocutor with the latest developments regarding Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. In that context, the importance of the deployment of the EU observation mission was emphasized, as well as the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan and the new encroachments on the sovereign territory of Armenia, as well as the steps to normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.