Monday, January 29 2024 14:51

ArmInfo. The Republic of Armenia has not received a note from the Russian Federation regarding the change of its ambassador. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan stated  on January 29 in a conversation with journalists, answering a question about Moscow's intentions to change the Russian Ambassador to Armenia.

The Deputy Foreign Minister said that he was not aware of this  circumstance, and the country's Foreign Ministry had not received any  note on this matter.

"As for the appointment of a new ambassador of Armenia to Russia,  since the agreation has already been sent, when there is news, it  will be properly informed," said the Deputy Foreign Minister of  Armenia.  The diplomat also commented on the issue of preserving the  Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh and assured that it is always  on the agenda of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

"This issue is being raised both in the executive body of UNESCO and  in other relevant departments. If you remember, in December 2020, the  UNESCO Executive Board decided to send a fact-finding mission to  Nagorno-Karabakh to monitor the situation with cultural heritage  monuments 'on the ground', Kostanyan said, adding that they are  constantly working to ensure that the visit of this mission takes  place.  At the same time, referring to the fact that RA Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the proposals made to Azerbaijan  regarding mutual arms control and renunciation of attacks, Kostanyan  noted that it was a political statement.

At the same time, he added that if there are appropriate positive  responses, discussions will naturally move to another stage.

"We remain sincerely interested in a complete settlement of relations  with our neighbors and the signing of a peace agreement. You know  that on January 4 we sent a revised version of the text of the  relevant agreement. In fact, we are waiting for Azerbaijan's  response. Yesterday there were statements that a response would be  within a few weeks," he said, referring to the signing of the peace  agreement.  To the question whether Armenia has joined the documents  of the CSTO summit in Minsk, which the CSTO Secretary General brought  with him to Yerevan, Kostanyan answered that they are under  discussion.