ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
 Tuesday


Armenian Defense Minister held meetings with Cypriot authorities

Yerevan May 30

Mariana Mkrthcyan. President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis during the
meeting with Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan expressed the
conviction that this visit will give a new impetus to the development
and deepening of the Armenian-Cypriot relations.

As the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry told ArmInfo,
Sargsyan presented the details of the talks that took place within the
framework of the official visit to Cyprus, indicating the directions
in which cooperation between the defense departments of the two
countries can develop.

During the meeting, the parties touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Sargsyan expressed gratitude to the President of Cyprus for
constructive and consistent position on the Karabakh issue. The
interlocutors agreed that there is a serious potential for developing
cooperation between friendly countries, which need to be carried.

On the same day, Sargsyan met with the Speaker of the House of
Representatives Dimitris Silluris. The head of the defense department
reminded that Armenia is moving to a parliamentary form of government,
in connection with which, the role of the National Assembly is
seriously growing. In this context, Sargsyan expressed the conviction
that the cooperation of inter-parliamentary groups, as well as the
interaction of parliamentary delegations on international platforms,
becomes more important, which will allow to increase the effectiveness
of opposition to political challenges by joint efforts.

The head of the Armenian Defense Ministry also met with the Foreign
Minister of Cyprus Ioannis Kasulides, who, as an important
prerequisite for deepening bilateral relations, described the
centuries-old friendly relations that existed between the two peoples.
According to the Cypriot minister, Sargsyan's visit to Nicosia can
become an important impetus for deepening the Armenian-Cypriot
cooperation, in particular, in the field of defense.

In his turn, the Armenian Defense Minister said that modern challenges
oblige to unite efforts for effective confrontation. Sargsyan also
stressed the inadmissibility of forming new hotbeds of tension.