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Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian meets Alfredo Mantica,
Secretary of State of the Foreign Ministry of Italy

The ways of Armenian-Italian cooperation were discussed

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

In his welcoming remarks Edward Nalbandian praised the current level
of Armenian-Italian relationship and mentioned that those relations
have good perspectives and a serious potential for development. In
that context Minister Nalbandian attached importance to the high level
visits as a way to promote bilateral political dialogue.

Alfredo Mantica stressed that Italy is interested in development of
friendly relations with Armenia and the main goal of his visit is the
realization of that aim.

Minister Nalbandian and State Secretary Mantica had a detailed
discussion on the ways of enlargement of cooperation between the two
countries in political, economic and cultural areas.

The two discussed the EU "Eastern Partnership" proposal and mentioned
that the cooperation in that format will give opportunities for
enhancement of partnership with the European institutions and the EU
member-states.

In the course of the meeting the two touched upon Artsakh (Nagorno
Karabakh) peace process, exchanged views on possibilities of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and establishment of
stability and security in the region.

Edward Nalbandian asked to deliver his regards and best wishes to his
Italian counterpart Franco Frattini.