EDWARD NALBANDIAN: ARMENIA-ITALY RELATIONS HAVE GOD PERSPECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT

armradio.am
06.03.2009 14:42

On March 6 the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian,
received the delegation headed by Alfredo Mantica, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs of Italy.

Greeting the guest, Edward Nalbandian ranked high the current level of
Armenian-Italian relations and noted that those relations have good
perspectives of development and a serious potential. In this context
Minister Nalbandian attached importance to high-level reciprocal visits
from the perspective of promoting the bilateral political dialogue.

Alfredo Mantica underlined that Italy is interested in the development
of friendly relations with Armenia.

Minister Nalbandian and State Secretary Mantica discussed the ways
of expanding the cooperation in the political, trade-economic and
cultural fields.

The interlocutors discussed the Eastern Partnership proposal and stated
that the cooperation in that format provides new opportunities for
expanding cooperation with European structures and EU member states.

During the meeting reference was made to the negotiations on the
settlement of the Artsakh issue. The interlocutors exchanged views
on the perspectives of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations,
as well as the establishment of peace and stability in the region.