On 7 October, Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian, spoke before organizers and participants of the Capacity Building in International Relations in the South Caucasus training course in the Media Hall of the Ministry.

The course was held in Armenia for the first time (all previous such courses were organized in Georgia) and was attended by participants from Armenia and Georgia. The trainers were experts and scholars from Switzerland, Netherlands and other countries.

The training course conducted between 25 September – 9 October was co-hosted by the Foreign Ministry and Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) in cooperation with Caucasus Institute for Media Development (CIMERA) .