ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN RECEIVES BULGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA TODOR STAYKOV

ARMENPRESS
YEREVAN
NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan received today
Bulgarian ambassador to Armenia Todor Staykov. NA public relations
department told Armenpress that during the meeting the Bulgarian
ambassador conveyed to Hovik Abrahamyan the letter of chairwoman of
the Bulgarian National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva in which she invites
her Armenian counterpart to pay an official visit to Sofia.

H. Abrahamyan accepted the invitation with gratitude. The interlocutors
agreed that the time of the visit will be specified through diplomatic
circles.

Afterwards the parties discussed a wide range of issues on development
of bilateral relations. They particularly highlighted the work of
the inter-governmental commission and boosting of trade-economic
relations. In this pre-context they agreed in necessity of organization
of Armenian-Bulgarian business forum.

During the meeting the interlocutors also referred to the impact of
global financial-economic crisis and normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations.