ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT SAYS ARMENIAN-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS ARE DESCRIBED AS PERFECT
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 25, 2009
CAIRO
CAIRO, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS: The level of the Armenian-Egyptian
political relations is described as perfect, Armenian ambassador
to Egypt Ruben Karapetian said in an interview to Armenpress,
pointing out that Egypt and Armenia support each other in different
international organizations, Egypt has a balanced position in the
Nagorno Karabakh issue.
"Egypt is one of the countries the position of which is important as
far it forms the behavior of the Islamic World and there are states
following it," R. Karapetyan said. According to him, during the past
17 years a close political dialogue has been established with Egypt.
According to him, the important bilateral issue is the promotion of
economic ties, consolidation of trade-economic cooperation. The legal
field exists in this sphere: agreements on avoiding double taxation,
encouraging investments have been signed and cooperation has been
established between Unions of Businessmen and Manufacturers of the
two countries and Trade-Industrial Chambers. On the initiative of
the embassy in near future Armenian-Egyptian business council will
be established. The ambassador said that there are certain investment
projects in tourism, pharmaceutical and agricultural spheres.
About 6,000 Armenians are living in Egypt, they are mainly centralized
in Alexandria and Cairo. Primate of the Egyptian Diocese of the
Armenian Church Archbishop Ashot Mnatsakanian said that the Armenian
community is considered as religious minority.