New Delhi, March 10 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, on Monday in New Delhi.

The two leaders held a bilateral meeting where several avenues of India-Armenia ties were discussed.

In his opening remarks, the EAM noted that the meeting between the two leaders would allow the countries to discuss bilateral ties and regional interests.

"Where our own countries are concerned, these are ties very, very deeply rooted in history... Today, we have good political cooperation, our trade figures are increasing, we have defence collaboration and culture has always been a strong point", the EAM said.

Speaking about Armenia being home to many Indian students, he thanked Foreign Minister M...