ArmInfo. On April 23, RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Suren Papikyan received a delegation from the Swedish city of Sodertalje headed by Mayor Boel Cecilia Gondar.
According to the press service of the Ministry, Suren Papikyan, welcoming the guests, thanked the Swedish Parliament and Sodertalje City Council for their contribution to the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide and the organization of annual events commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide. In the context of sustainable development of the Armenian-Swedish intergovernmental relations, the Minister considered important interregional and intercommunal cooperation and the development of new horizons of partnership between the two countries.
Mayor Sodertalje Boel Cecilia Gonder, in turn, thanked for the reception and noted that systemic changes and development trendsThe countries that have been established in Armenia since the beginning of last year provide an excellent opportunity for the further development of Armenian-Swedish bilateral relations.Suren Papikyan, expressing gratitude to the local authorities for the special attention and care shown to the Armenian community in the field of education, stressed that it is extremely important for people who have survived the genocide to have the opportunity to learn their native language and culture.