Saturday, October 21 2017 12:28

ArmInfo. President Serzh Sargsyan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Witold Jan Waszczykowski.

The President of the Republic welcomed the guest and noted that he  was glad to receive it in the jubilee year for the two countries and  nations, when, at the same time as the 25th anniversary of the  establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Poland, the  650th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian community of  Poland was celebrated. Serzh Sargsyan expressed gratitude to the  friendly Polish people and the Polish authorities for caring for part  of the Armenian people and for the cultural heritage of Armenia. The  President of the Republic highly appreciated the warm message  addressed to the Armenian community in connection with the 650th  anniversary of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and the  resolution adopted yesterday in the Senate of that country on the  same issue. Serzh Sargsyan stressed that Armenia attaches great  importance to deepening relations with Poland both in bilateral  format and within the framework of cooperation with The EU.

Minister Waszczykowski expressed gratitude to President Serzh  Sargsyan for the reception and remembered with warmth the meeting and  productive negotiations of the Presidents of Armenia and Poland in  New York in the framework of the UN General Assembly on September 19  this year.

Witold Waszczykowski presented to the President of the Republic the  purpose of his visit to Armenia and the results of today's meeting  with his Armenian counterpart. The interlocutors, apart from the  bilateral Armenian-Polish relations, also touched upon the RA-EU  cooperation, the forthcoming Brussels summit and the expectations of  Armenia from this summit.

The President of Armenia noted that Armenia attaches great importance  to deepening relations with the EU, stressing that as a result of  cooperation with the Union in Armenia in recent years quite  large-scale reforms have been implemented and the RA-EU relations  registered tangible progress. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the important  role of Poland in strengthening the RA-EU relations within the  framework of the Eastern Partnership.

At the meeting, the interlocutors also touched upon the negotiation  process for the peaceful settlement of the NK problem.