I got a woman after all. Ararat Mirzoyan was finally able to take a picture with Katya Kallas

How the Armenian authorities’ pride burned — and how it burned! Just recently, the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, visited Baku, met with Ilham Aliyev, and held talks… but did not consider it necessary to visit Armenia.

The Armenian media unleashed a storm of criticism against the Estonian official, and various talking heads in Yerevan said all sorts of things about her.

Rumor has it that Ararat Mirzoyan got a scolding — or even a slap — from Pashinyan for this diplomatic failure. He needed to make up for it, and urgently. In his desperation to meet Kallas, Mirzoyan went out of his way — almost stalking her at events, studying her schedule in hopes of “accidentally” running into her. And finally, weeks later, it happened.

In Luxembourg, Mirzoyan managed to get what he wanted: a meeting, a handshake, and a photo op. Judging by the look on Kallas’s face, she understood everything perfectly — and may have even whispered to Mirzoyan that he was already a lost cause.