POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DEEPENING OF ARMENIAN-LATVIAN COOPERATION
armradio.am
21.05.2008 17:17
On May 21 RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the Ambassador
of Latvia to Armenia Aivars Vovers, who is completing his diplomatic
mission in our country.
Thanking the guest for contributing to the development of relations
between Armenia and Latvia during the six years of his tenure in
office, the Minister noted that a high-level dialogue has been
established between the two countries, but there is potential for
deepening of cooperation, especially in the fields of economy, high
technologies, culture and tourism.
The Armenian Foreign Minister expressed interest in studying the
European integration experience of Latvia and other Baltic states
and take steps of cooperation in this direction.
Expressing gratitude to Minister Nalbandian, Ambassador Vovers
underlined that the bilateral relations have considerably developed
over the past years. In particular, the state governance bodies of
Armenia and Latvia are effectively cooperating, Honorary Consulate
of Latvia was opened in Armenia, one of the largest Latvian banks
operates in Armenia, a Riga-Yerevan direct flight has been launched,
the business ties are getting more and more active.
The interlocutors also discussed issues related to cooperation in
concrete spheres.