EDWARD NALBANDYAN: ARMENIA HIGHLY APPRECIATES WARM AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONS WITH LEBANON

ArmInfo
2009-02-26 12:24:00

ArmInfo. Armenia highly appreciates warm and mutually beneficial
relations with Lebanon, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan
said at yesterday’s meeting with President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman
in Beirut.

As the Armenian presidential press service reports, M. Suleiman
said the Lebanese people feels special sympathy to the Armenian
people. According to M. Suleiman, he highly appreciates the existing
close friendly relations between the two countries that are also
contributed by the Armenian community of Lebanon. The president asked
to pass his kind wishes and welcome to his Armenian counterpart Serzh
Sargsyan. For his part, E. Nalbandyan passed S. Sargsyan’s message of
welcome to L. Suleiman and an invitation to visit Armenia. The minister
said Armenia highly appreciates the warm and mutually beneficial
relations with Lebanon, moreover, an Agreement of friendship has been
signed between Armenia and Lebanon.

The parties exchanged opinions on the prospects of development of
bilateral Armenian- Lebanese relations, discussed the processes in the
Near East and South Caucasus, the opportunities of conflict settlement,
as well as the steps towards strengthening of stability and security
in Lebanon.

On the same day, E. Nalbandyan met Chairman of the Lebanese
parliament Nabih Berri. The latter highly appreciated the
two countries’ cooperation in different spheres and said the
parliament will make additional efforts for further development
of the relations. The parties discussed the ways of activating the
interparliamentary relations, as well as emphasized the importance
of the parliamentarians’ visit exchange and promotion of the activity
of the interparliamentary friendship groups.