Foreign Minister: Armenia has decided to enlarge, increase its  participation in the SCO

ArmInfo.  We expressed a clear position about our aspiration to increase our role in the SCO. And hopefully this aspiration will be welcomed by the member states, as stated by the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry in an interview  with CGTN.

"Armenia is a dialogue partner of the SCO, and the basic principles,  fundamental principles of the organization are very important for  Armenia. Let remember some of them: it's territorial integrity, it's  inviolability of borders, non-use of force. This is completely what  Armenia builds its foreign policy these days. So these principles are  very important for us," the Minister noted.

He once again emphasized Armenia's interest in the activities of the  organization and the development of cooperation with it. "Moreover,  we  decided to enlarge, to increase our participation in this  organization. By the way, this was a one of the topics discussed  between Armenian and Chinese delegations during our discussions, our  negotiations.  So we expressed a clear position about our aspiration  to increase our role in this organization. And  hopefully this  aspiration will be welcomed by the member states," the Armenian  Foreign Minister noted.

He also touched upon Armenia's peace agenda with Azerbaijan and the  importance of establishing regional stability, the events around  Iran, as well as Armenian-Chinese relations. In this vein, Mirzoyan  emphasized the tangible results, especially in trade and economic  relations.

"Business contacts, trade, people-to-people contacts are increasing  and growing, also cultural ties, political dialogue is quite intense  and strong. And this is yet not the full potential. Together with my  counterpart, my colleague Minister Wang Yi and the delegation, we  discussed the strategic nature of our relations, we marked the  similarity of  approaches when it comes to  international relations,   and our cooperation on international for a and also, of course,  bilateral agenda. This could be the start of a new page, I can say,  and hopefully we will see some tangible results and outcomes in  coming months," Mirzoyan noted.