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Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutiunyan said his country was 'interested in peace' as he paid a working visit to the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, on Monday.
Footage shows Harutiunyan laying flowers at memorials, visiting the St Seraphim of Sarov Church and inspecting sites of recent shelling.
"We, Armenia, are interested in peace coming very quickly," the ambassador said following his meeting with Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
He also said that the purpose of his visit was to work out an economic agreement with the Belgorod government, to deepen the interregional relations in various fields including trade and the economy.
"We have relations with the Belgorod region, but they are at the level of businessmen, so to speak. But we want to streamline this and bring it up to a higher state regional level," Harutiunyan added.
"Armenia has signed such agreements with 70 Russian regions. And over the past few years, trade turnover between the regions of Russia and the regions of Armenia has increased in some cases by two to two and a half times," he continued.
Belgorod has reported extensive shelling and casualties in recent months during the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Kiev rarely comments on attacks inside Russian territory but has strongly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'We are interested in peace' - Armenia's ambassador to Russia pays visit to Belgorod region bordering Ukraine
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutiunyan said his country was 'interested in peace' as he paid a working visit to the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, on Monday.
Footage shows Harutiunyan laying flowers at memorials, visiting the St Seraphim of Sarov Church and inspecting sites of recent shelling.
"We, Armenia, are interested in peace coming very quickly," the ambassador said following his meeting with Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
He also said that the purpose of his visit was to work out an economic agreement with the Belgorod government, to deepen the interregional relations in various fields including trade and the economy.
"We have relations with the Belgorod region, but they are at the level of businessmen, so to speak. But we want to streamline this and bring it up to a higher state regional level," Harutiunyan added.
"Armenia has signed such agreements with 70 Russian regions. And over the past few years, trade turnover between the regions of Russia and the regions of Armenia has increased in some cases by two to two and a half times," he continued.
Belgorod has reported extensive shelling and casualties in recent months during the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Kiev rarely comments on attacks inside Russian territory but has strongly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Music in source can be subject to copyright
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutiunyan said his country was 'interested in peace' as he paid a working visit to the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, on Monday.
Footage shows Harutiunyan laying flowers at memorials, visiting the St Seraphim of Sarov Church and inspecting sites of recent shelling.
"We, Armenia, are interested in peace coming very quickly," the ambassador said following his meeting with Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
He also said that the purpose of his visit was to work out an economic agreement with the Belgorod government, to deepen the interregional relations in various fields including trade and the economy.
"We have relations with the Belgorod region, but they are at the level of businessmen, so to speak. But we want to streamline this and bring it up to a higher state regional level," Harutiunyan added.
"Armenia has signed such agreements with 70 Russian regions. And over the past few years, trade turnover between the regions of Russia and the regions of Armenia has increased in some cases by two to two and a half times," he continued.
Belgorod has reported extensive shelling and casualties in recent months during the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Kiev rarely comments on attacks inside Russian territory but has strongly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.