ArmInfo.At the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on July 12, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis. At the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to the further development and deepening of the Armenian-Latvian relations.
As the press service of the Cabinet reports, the interlocutors also touched upon the prospects for expanding cooperation in the economic sphere of the two countries.
Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope that the democratic changes taking place in Armenia will contribute to the establishment of peace and stability in the region. He stressed that Armenia remains committed to the negotiation process for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Raimonds Vejonis has declared, that in Latvia watched internal political processes in Armenia and have highly estimated their peaceful and democratic character.
As the head of the Armenian government pointed out, the steps taken by the current Cabinet are aimed at strengthening the foundations of democracy, promoting the interests of human and civil rights and freedoms, and establishing an independent judiciary. According to him, the government intends to hold free, fair and transparent elections. The interlocutors attached importance to strengthening the cooperation of the RA-EU, in particular in the context of the agreement between Armenia and the European Union. Pashinyan thanked the Latvian side for ratifying this agreement among the first.