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    Emil Lazarian
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Egyptian, Armenian FMs hold talks on regional developments, bolstering relations

Ahram Online, Egypt
Sept 13 2020
 
 
 
The Armenian foreign minister stressed on the importance of respecting state sovereignty and working towards peace and stability in the East Mediterranean and North Africa
 
 Ahram Online , Sunday 13 Sep 2020
 
 Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held talks in Cairo on Sunday aiming at converging viewpoints between the two countries to bolster bilateral relations and regional and international developments of common interest.

In a joint press conference following the talks, Shoukry said there is a strong political will to boost cooperation in various economic and political fields, adding that the discussions tackled the volume of trade exchange between the two countries.

Mnatsakanyan said the relations between his country and Egypt and the Arab world is one based on friendship, as a part of the Middle East.

He delivered an invitation from the Armenian president to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to visit Armenia soon, praising Egypt’s role in supporting a free trade agreement between the two states and the European Union.

The Armenian foreign minister also stressed on the importance of respecting the sovereignty of states and working towards peace and stability in the East Mediterranean and North Africa, describing it as the same aim for peace sought in South Caucasus region.

He also affirmed his country’s support to Cyprus and Greece for investments in economic zones amid an ongoing rift with Turkey.

Tensions in the region have escalated in the past months over Ankara's military intervention in war-torn Libya, its violation of Iraq's sovereignty, as well as Ankara's hunt for gas in the eastern Mediterranean in violation of the territorial waters of Greece and Cyprus, two close allies of Egypt.


 
Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS