"Strengthening and enlargement of Armenia is in the interests of Russia, the European Union and the U.S. Armenia can also play an important role in the Middle East," diplomat and historian Ara Papian said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

"Being a Christian state, it enjoys respect of Muslim states, of Saidu Arabia for example. We can be civilizing mediators between East and West," he underscored.

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