Tuesday, November 8 2022 11:12

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, President Vahagn Khachaturyan  had a meeting with the President of Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid, the RA  presidential press office reports. 

President Vahagn Khachaturyan noted that Iraq is considered to be  Armenia's reliable partner in the region and our country finds it  highly important to deepen the multi-sector cooperation with that  country.

The President of Iraq noted that the Armenians living in Iraq enjoy  the support of the Iraqi Government and that they highly appreciate  Armenian-Iraqi close relations. According to him, in the recent  years, there've been positive dynamics in the bilateral trade  turnover, which is a sign of serious bilateral economic potential,  and we should make efforts to realize it.

President Vahagn Khachaturyan highlighted that Armenia is in amazing  relations with the vast majority of Islamic countries, including Arab  countries. Within this context, President Khachaturyan expressed  concern over the recent speech that the President of Azerbaijan Ilham  Aliyev delivered in the framework of the Arab League summit, where he  manipulated the religious factor in his accusations against Armenia,  adding a religious color to the conflict of Nagorno Karabakh and  trying to set up the Islamic, in this case Arab countries against  Armenia. President Khachaturyan strongly emphasized that there isn't  and can't be any religious aspect or content in the Nagorno Karabakh  conflict, as the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh are fighting for their  right to live and create safely in their homeland.

The sides agreed on continuing the mutual contacts aimed at the  development of economic relations and activation of cooperation in  various fields.

Within the framework of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, President  Vahagn Khachaturyan had a meeting with the Lebanese Caretaker Prime  Minister Najib Mikati

Welcoming President Khachaturyan, the Prime Minister emphasized that  Armenian-Lebanese relations are based on the best traditions both  from political and trade viewpoints. President Khachaturyan noted  that Lebanon is one of the most long-standing friends of Armenia in  the Arab world, and contacts and cooperation with Lebanon have wide  opportunities for constant tightening and development.

During the meeting, Vahagn Khachaturyan drew his Lebanese partner's  attention to the speech the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev  delivered lately during the Arab League 31st summit, where he tries  to present the Karabakh conflict as a manifestation of religious  intolerance, making reference to the destroyed mosques.

President Khachaturyan highlighted that the statements of the  President of Azerbaijan have no links with the reality, Armenia has  many friends in the Muslim world, and the mentioned destroyed mosques  refer to the Soviet Union period, when there was an equally negative  state policy toward all the religions, and there are many destroyed  churches referring to that period as well.

The Prime Minister of Lebanon noted that he was present at the summit  and expressed an opinion that to evade such misunderstandings,  Armenia should activate its efforts aimed at building closer  relations with the states of the Arab world.