

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana. He was accompanied by Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov. Pashinyan toured the museum and looked at the exhibited artifacts. The Armenian prime minister also wrote an entry in the guest book. He donated to the National Museum of Kazakhstan a ceremonial wine-serving vessel from the 1st–2nd centuries AD, the original of which is housed in the History Museum of Armenia. It was excavated in the 1980s from the rhyton halls of the artisan quarter on the 8th hill of the city of Artashat. From this room alone of the quarter hundreds of vessels, cups, colorfully decorated plates, gems, and so on have been excavated.