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- ↑ "Newly-appointed Ambassador of Nicaragua handed over copies of his credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia". www.mfa.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ "Press release on Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov's meeting with Nicaraguan Ambassador to Russia Juan Ernesto Vasquez Araya". www.mid.ru. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ "Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of South Ossetia". www.mfa-rso.su. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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