The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will offer the country’s solidarity to Armenia which is under attack by Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh during his visit to Yerevan on Friday.
Dendias has started his visit by visiting the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex and Armenian Genocide Museum.
“Starting my visit in Armenia, I paid tribute and laid flowers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial. I also visited the museum,” Nikos Dendias said on Twitter.
Starting my visit in #Armenia, I paid tribute and laid flowers at the #ArmenianGenocide Memorial. I also visited the museum @ArmGenocide100. #NeverForget #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/7IXUWJhaeL
— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) October 16, 2020
Dendias will meet with his Armenian counterpart, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.
The talks, according to a foreign ministry statement, will focus on issues of bilateral, regional and international interest, with emphasis on current developments in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Eastern Mediterranean, cooperation between the two countries under trilateral cooperation schemes and EU-Armenian relations.
The foreign minister will then be received by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of the country, Armen Sarkissian.