ArmInfo. Signs of de-escalation in our neighborhood are encouraging. Making it sustainable is a priority. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan wrote on his Twitter page.
"We encourage our important partners United States and Iran to work further towards regional peace and stability," Mnatsakanyan wrote.
To recall, the situation in the Middle East escalated after the assassination of influential Qasem Soleimani. On January 5, the Iraqi parliament ordered the government to "put an end to the military presence of foreign forces and cease work under the security agreement concluded with the forces of the international anti-terror coalition." In the following days, Iran launched a series of missile attacks on US bases in Iraq. 16 hours after the shelling began, US President Donald Trump announced the US's readiness for peace, while at the same time announcing new sanctions against Iran.