On December 14, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan had a meeting with the Vice Minister of Foreign Relations of Paraguay Wilma Patricia Frutos Ruiz, who was in Yerevan to participate in the Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries.

During the meeting, the Armenian side underscored its interest in developing multifaceted relations with Paraguay. In this regard, the Deputy Minister mentioned that in the nearest future the Embassy of Armenia in Montevideo will be jointly accredited to the Republic of Paraguay, and will definitely contribute to the bilateral agenda.

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Paraguay expressed her gratitude for the hospitality and reiterated her country's interest in developing relations with Armenia.

During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the prospect of developing the Armenia-Paraguay agenda on bilateral and multilateral platforms.

The Deputy Minister briefed on the current security situation of Armenia, as well as the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The efforts of the Government of Armenia towards addressing the needs and rights of the Armenians forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan were emphasized.

Current developments in Latin America and the South Caucasus, as well as a number of urgent issues were touched upon.