FAREWELL VISIT OF THE AMBASSADOR OF LATVIA TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

National Assembly of RA
May 21 2008
Armenia

On May 20 the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia Mr Tigran Torosyan received the Ambassador of Latvia to the
Republic of Armenia Mr Aivars Vovers on the occasion of the completion
of his diplomatic mission.

The NA President thanked the ambassador for his long-term and effective
work and for the contribution to Armenian-Latvian relations and wished
him success in his further career. Noting that during his tenure
relations between two countries deepened, the inter-parliamentary
cooperation developed through the international structures, Mr
Torosyan expressed his conviction that there were opportunities and
perspectives for the further development of the relations. The head
of the parliament noted that the European integration for Armenia was
one of the priorities of the foreign policy, in this aspect stressing
the Latvian experience.

The Ambassador of Latvia to the Republic of Armenia Mr Aivars Vovers
thanked the NA President for the effective cooperation, noting that
during 6-7 years of his tenure Armenia recorded considerable successes
of development in different spheres. The Ambassador highlighted the
last report of the European Commission on Armenia which was the
most positive when compared with Georgia and Azerbaijan. Highly
assessing the present level of bilateral relations and recording
the achievements, Mr Vovers expressed conviction that there was
great potential of cooperation, in particular, in the trade-economic
sphere. Speaking about the years of his tenure in Armenia Mr Vovers
said that they were bright and important working years, and he made
many friends.

During the meeting the sides also touched upon other issues of
bilateral interest.