Pashinyan reveals why Armenia is renaming its Foreign Ministry

Armenia will rename its Foreign Ministry as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said.

Pashinyan made the announcement during a meeting with President Vahagn Khachaturyan, senior Foreign Ministry officials and participants in an annual meeting of Armenia’s heads of diplomatic missions abroad, Caliber.Az reports via Armenian media.

The prime minister said similar arrangements existed in several countries.

He said the new name was intended to highlight the economic dimension of Armenia’s foreign policy and the ministry’s trade-related role.

Pashinyan also discussed the government’s balanced foreign policy, efforts to diversify the economy, Armenia’s priorities in international relations and upcoming programmes.

The meeting concluded with discussions on current issues on the country’s foreign policy agenda.

By Aghakazim Guliyev