Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a meeting with Moldovaās Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister AndreiĀ Galbur.
Minister Nalbandian noted that Armenia attaches importance to the deepening of friendly relations with Moldova.
The parties held detailed discussions on issues on bilateral and multilateral agenda, urgent international and regional issues.
The interlocutors exchanged views on steps towards further development of cooperation between the two countries, discussed the trade-economic ties, intensification of scientific-technical and cultural exchange.
Edward Nalbandian and AndreiĀ Galbur referred to the intensification of inter-parliamentary ties, conduct of consultations between the Foreign Ministries and deepening of cooperation within the framework of international organizations.
The Armenian Foreign Minister briefed his Moldovan counterpart on the talks on a new Armenia-EU framework agreement. Ā AndreiĀ Galbur, in turn, presented the latest developments in the process of Moldovaās European integration.
The issue of peaceful settlement of regional conflicts was also on the agenda of the meeting. The interlocutors agreed that all conflicts should be solved exceptionally in a peaceful way. In this context Edward Nalbandian presented the efforts of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries aimed at furthering the negotiation process on the peacefull settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
At the end of the meeting the Ministers signed four documents on elimination of visa regime for citizens of the two countries, as well as agreements on cooperation in the fields of tourism, science and education. The parties also signed the 2017-2018 plan of consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries.