ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER RECEIVES NEWLY APPOINTED GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
Nov 11, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Assembly Speaker
Hovik Abrahamyan received today newly appointed German ambassador to
Armenia Hans-Yochen Schmidt.

NA public relations department told Armenpress that the NA speaker
congratulated the ambassador on assuming the office and expressed hope
that ambassador Schmidt will exert efforts to develop Armenian-German
cooperation. Abrahamyan said that bilateral relations are on a firm
basis and highly assessed the trade-economic, political and cultural
contacts as well as programs carried out by German Development Agency
(GTZ).

During the meeting the interlocutors agreed that it is necessary
to develop more inter-parliamentary cooperation and use all the
opportunities provided by parliamentary diplomacy. Hovik Abrahamyan
said that Armenian side is ready to host German parliament chairman
in Yerevan.

During the conversation the interlocutors also referred to the process
of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.