Baltic News Service / - BNS Thursday 12:54 PM EET Estonian PM after meeting with Armenian colleague says he hopes relations will strengthen TALLINN, Jan 25, BNS - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Karen Karapetyan on Wednesday said that he hopes that the relations between the two countries will strengthen. "The meeting with Prime Minister Karapetyan will hopefully create the basis for new, strengthened relations, which will benefit the people of both countries," Ratas, who is currently at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, said on social media. "Relations with Armenia, a country a third smaller by area compared to Estonia but with a population nearly twice as high, has become significantly more substantial thanks to the EU-Armenia partnership agreement signed in the framework of the European Union Eastern Partnership summit," the Estonian government leader said. Karapetyan was quoted by Armenian media as saying that Ratas at the meeting introduced Estonia's experience in the field of e-governance and information technology and reaffirmed Estonia's readiness to share its experience with Armenia. The Armenian government leader said that his country is interested in Estonia's experience. The government leaders also spoke about the cooperation between the European Union and Armenia, and Karapetyan in this regard thanked Estonia for supporting Armenia, the Armenpress news agency reported. Karapetyan also introduced the economic reforms underway in the country and reaffirmed interest toward the investments of Estonian enterprises.