On August 22-23, the Armenian-Israeli regular political consultations took place in Yerevan that were conducted by the Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Pinchas Aviv, Israeli Director of Central European and Eurasian Department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

In the course of the consultations, issues related to the cooperation between Armenia and Israel, the developments in the Middle East and South Caucasus, as well as other issues of mutual interest were discussed.

On August 23, the Israeli delegation visited the Holy See of St. Edchmiadzin and had a meeting with His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. Afterwards the members of the delegation visited the Museum and Memorial of the Armenian Genocide victims.