Armenian- India Ties: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met in New Delhi to discuss ways to strengthen the relationship between India and Armenia. During the meeting, Mirzoyan expressed his desire to build stronger ties with India in areas like trade, technology, and culture. He also congratulated India on its recent victory in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Mirzoyan thanked Jaishankar for inviting him to India and said, “It’s always a great pleasure to have the opportunity to exchange views on our bilateral agenda and regional and global processes with you. Let me congratulate you on your cricket team’s recent victory in the ICC… it’s an important and quite symbolic event.”
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According to ANI, he highlighted the long history of friendship between the two countries, saying, “I’m sure you will agree that centuries-old ties between our peoples traditionally mark our relations.” Mirzoyan added that in recent years, the relationship has grown significantly, and he thanked Jaishankar for his efforts in strengthening the bond.
Mirzoyan expressed hope for more bilateral and international engagements between India and Armenia. He said, “I’m sure we shall keep this pace of high-level visits between our two countries. We are eager to build stronger economic, trade, technological, and cultural ties with India so that both our peoples benefit from these relations in the coming decades and centuries.”
He also mentioned the importance of regular meetings between the two countries, saying, “Among other mechanisms, we recognise the role of the regular political consultations between the two foreign affairs ministries, also the regular sessions of intergovernmental commission of cooperation, and I’m happy to continue our talks now in this extended format.”
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Jaishankar thanked the Armenian side and said, “We have a very good exchange of people, so our agenda really is to take each one of these dimensions forward, and I look forward to discussing how best we can do that.”
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is on an official visit to India from March 9 to 11. The meeting between the two leaders focused on deepening cooperation and exploring new opportunities for collaboration between India and Armenia.
