Within the framework of the Warsaw Security Forum, Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan participated in 'Global Order and Democracy: a map for the South Caucasus' high-level discussion. The Foreign Ministry presented Minister Mirzoyan's answers, in particular, the reference to the Middle East. We present that part of the Q&A below:
Anja Wehler-Schock: Since we are talking about global order, let’s start off with a very current development-related topic. Iran, a neighboring country to Armenia, fired more than a hundred rockets on Israel last night. Are you concerned that there will be a regional war and what would be the implications for your country?
Ararat Mirzoyan: Good morning everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here and I’m looking forward to an interesting discussion. The very first question was quite a tough one, I should confess. If you follow the general geopolitical situation, the trends, and the policies in the South Caucasus, we in Armenia, we do our best to achieve peace in our region and here we see that some other countries in larger neighborhoods strike each other with missiles. Of course, we are concerned. Of course, we cannot encourage or welcome any escalation, we can only hope that this conflict finds its soonest possible settlement.
