Mnatsakanyan: Armenia attaches great importance to relations with  Georgia

ArmInfo. Armenia attaches great importance to relations with Georgia, based on centuries-old mutual trust and mutual understanding, and is committed to taking  practical steps to raise them to a qualitatively new level, Armenian  Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated this during his meeting  with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, the press service of  the Armenian Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.

During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed a wide range of  issues on the bilateral agenda, as well as the implementation of the  agreements reached at the level of the heads of state. In this  regard, the importance of regular consultations between the  departments of the Foreign Ministries of the two countries was  stressed. The ministers discussed in detail the prospects for  strengthening cooperation in a multilateral format.

The two sides expressed their mutual satisfaction with the high level  of trade and economic relations, while expressing the conviction that  for the dynamic development of these contacts joint efforts must be  made to fulfill the existing great potential.

In order to further deepen bilateral relations, the importance of  activating the activities of the intergovernmental commission on  economic cooperation and the Armenian-Georgian working group on trade  and economy was stressed.

Touching upon the internal political processes in Armenia,  Mnatsakanyan noted that on the basis of the people's mandate, the new  government is committed to continuing the process of reforms aimed at  strengthening justice, the rule of law, equal opportunities in the  social and economic fields, and fighting corruption. At the same  time, the Armenian Foreign Minister added that all this can  contribute to further strengthening of relations between the two  neighbors.

Mnatsakanyan also presented the approaches and priorities of the  Armenian side on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In  this context, the sides agreed that conflicts should be settled  peacefully and within existing international formats.