UAE, Armenia sign deal to tackle human trafficking
Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
expressed the UAE’s keen desire to promote bilateral relations with
Armenia in the fields of economy, trade and investment.

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Published: 00:00 December 7, 2009

Yerevan: The UAE and the Republic of Armenia have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) to combat human trafficking.

The MoU was signed by Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, UAE Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs, and Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.

Developments

They also discussed current developments at regional and international
levels and issues of mutual concern.

Armen Gevorgyan, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, received Dr Gargash
at Yerevan on Saturday.

Dr Gargash expressed the UAE’s keen desire to promote bilateral
relations with Armenia in the fields of economy, trade and investment.

On his part, the Armenian official welcomed the visit of Dr Gargash
and his delegation stressing the importance of these visits in
consolidating cooperation and friendly relations between the two
countries.

He hailed the strong bilateral ties and called for increased
cooperation between the two countries.

In the framework of the keenness of both countries’ leaderships to
enhance bilateral relations, promote cooperation and open new
frontiers of common interests between UAE and Armenia, the two sides
confirmed the importance of exchanging visits between officials from
both sides along with supporting the private sector and business
communities in their countries.