ArmInfo. On September 23, within the framework of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Olavi Haavisto.
As reported by the press service of the RA Foreign Ministry, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Finland expressed their readiness to jointly develop the Armenian-Finnish cooperation. They discussed issues of establishing consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries, the development of cooperation in the fields of education, environmental protection and business.
Touching upon the issues of regional stability and security, the RA Foreign Minister stressed that to establish regional stability and security, it is important to maintain the ceasefire regime, to carry out immediate and unconditional repatriation of prisoners of war, civilian hostages still being held in Azerbaijan, as well as to get rid of anti-Armenian, belligerent rhetoric.
Ararat Mirzoyan also stressed the need to resume the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship, aimed at a long-term and comprehensive settlement of the conflict.