Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of New Zealand Chris Hipkins on the occasion of the National Day. The message reads as follows:
"Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and myself, I congratulate you and the friendly people of New Zealand on the occasion of the National Day, wishing welfare and further progress.
Armenia attaches importance to the deepening of friendly relations with New Zealand in all spheres, based on the common democratic values of our governments and peoples.
I sincerely hope that in the near future we will be able to raise bilateral interstate relations to a new qualitative level for the benefit of our friendly peoples."
