ARMENIA INTERESTED IN EXPANSION OF POLITICAL AND TRADE AND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH UAE

Noyan Tapan

M arch 5, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 5, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
on March 5 received Foreign Trade Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al Qasimi.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry Press and
Information Department, E. Nalbandian said that Armenia attaches
importance to further development of all-round cooperation with UAE. He
expressed the hope that the Foreign Trade Minister’s visit to Armenia
will promote further development and deepening of Armenia-UAE trade
and economic relations.

E. Nalbandian expressed Armenia’s interest in expansion of political
and trade and economic cooperation with UAE attaching importance to
presence of proper preconditions for it, in particular, a large-scale
legal-contractual sphere.

The RA Foreign Minister expressing satisfaction with the dynamic
growth of commodity circulation between UAE and Armenia said that
the Armenian side is ready to discuss the possibility of implementing
large-scale investment programs.