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.