ArmInfo.On March 22, Armenian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ashot Hovakimyan met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic for legal and consular issues Martin Smolek. This was reported to ArmInfo at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia.
The Deputy Minister welcomed Hovakimyan in connection with his appointment. The meeting discussed the details of the Armenian-Czech bilateral treaty field and a number of consular issues.The Armenian Ambassador paid special attention to the process of relations between the two countries, noting the importance of accelerating the ratification by the Parliament of the Czech Republic of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enlarged Partnership Agreement (CEPA), as well as the start of negotiations on the EU-Armenia visa liberalization process.