Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan held a meeting with the new Iranian ambassador Mehdi Sobhani.
During the meeting, Grigoryan congratulated Ambassador on assuming the responsible mission and expressed hope that during his tenure the latter will contribute to the further development and strengthening of the relations between the two friendly countries, Grigoryan’s office said in a readout.
Secretary Grigoryan and Ambassador Sobhani discussed a number of items on the Armenian-Iranian bilateral agenda, as well as the regional security situation. Grigoryan presented the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the Azerbaijani blockade of Lachin Corridor and Armenia’s stance on the matter.