ArmInfo.Political consultations took place between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Greece on December 17 in Athens, the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia reports.
According to the source, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos received the delegation of Armenia, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Karen Nazaryan. The interlocutors discussed a wide range of issues of the Armenian-Greek bilateral political agenda, exchanged views on the prospects for further deepening cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, educational, cultural and other fields.
Touching on the current stage and prospects of cooperation between Armenia and the EU, Karen Nazaryan presented the process of implementing the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement prepared by the Government of Armenia, and stressed the importance of early ratification of the agreement by the Greek legislative body.
The parties exchanged views on the beginning of a dialogue on the liberalization of the visa regime in the EU, as well as on the support of EU member states in this process. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on a number of regional and international issues of mutual interest. At the request of the interlocutor, Karen Nazaryan touched upon the latest developments in connection with the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh process. In his turn, Giorgos Katrougalos presented the position of the Greek side on the Cyprus issue.
The parties also touched upon the cooperation of two friendly countries in multilateral formats and in international structures.