Newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia held a  telephone conversation with Sergey Lavrov

ArmInfo. The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ara Ayvazyan held a telephone conversation with the head of the Foreign  Ministry of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. The press service  of the RA MFA reports.  According to the source, the parties  expressed their mutual readiness to continue developing the Armenian-  Russian allied relations in all sectors, including regional security.

The foreign ministers also discussed the situation in Artsakh and the  region. In this context, the parties touched upon efforts to resolve  the humanitarian situation in Artsakh, as well as the meeting of the  OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs held in Moscow the day before. The  interlocutors also discussed the activities of the Russian  peacekeeping mission in Artsakh and questions on the practical  application of the joint trilateral statement of November 10. At the  same time, an exchange of views took place on the forthcoming  schedule of the Armenian-Russian cooperation.

It should be reminded that on November 16, Armenian Foreign Minister  Zohrab Mnatsakanyan resigned.

On November 18, by the decree of President Armen Sarkissian, Ara  Ayvazyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of  Armenia, who since mid-October served as Deputy Minister of Foreign  Affairs.

The main focus of Ayvazyan's diplomatic work in recent years has been  the countries of Latin America.  Since March 2017, Ayvazyan has been  the Armenian Ambassador to Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and Cuba.   Prior to that, Ayvazyan specialized in the Baltic States, being the  ambassador to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.