In the course of the visit of Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian to Moscow the rumor that his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov has Armenian origins was confirmed, "Haykakan Zhamanak" ("Armenian Time") Yerevan newspaper reported today. According to the source, when answering a journalist's question in the course of a press conference foregoing the meeting of the heads of the foreign departments of the two countries, S. Lavrov stated, "Yes, I have Armenian blood, my father is an Armenian from Tbilisi."