On March 15, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Republic of Armenia.

The interlocutors exchanged views on the expanding political dialogue between Armenia and Brazil and a wide range of issues of the Armenian-Brazilian bilateral agenda. They discussed the prospects of cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including trade, high technologies and agriculture.

The issues of effective cooperation between the two countries in multilateral platforms, as well as the strengthening of inter-parliamentary relations were also discussed.

During the meeting issues on regional security and stability were also discussed. Minister Mirzoyan presented the vision of Armenia on the normalization process of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. It was emphasized that the Azerbaijani side is challenging the efforts towards establishing peace and stability in the region with its rhetoric and continuous provocations.

Touching upon the blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan, Minister Mirzoyan stressed the need to implement the legally binding decision made by the International Court of Justice on February 22 regarding the request for provisional measures against Azerbaijan.