Armenian president highlighted Armenian community`s significant role  in Armenian-Egyptian relations

ArmInfo.The President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi summed up the results of the meetings held at the Residence  of the President of Armenia with statements for the mass media  representatives.

The statement of President Vahagn Khachaturyan:

"Your Excellency, Esteemed President of the Arab Republic of Egypt,  Abdel Fattah El-Sisi,

Dear guests,

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is a great honour for us to host the official visit of the  delegation led by Your Excellency to the Republic of Armenia, which I  can proudly call historic.

The roots of the friendship between our countries come from the depth  of centuries, which, in its turn, continues to strengthen by over 30  years of stable relations between the Republic of Armenia and the  Arab Republic of Egypt.

I assess the negotiations with my colleague, President El-Sisi,  during which we discussed the wide range of cooperation between our  two states formed over the years, today's plans and future work for  the development of bilateral relations, to be effective.

I would like to mention with great pleasure that today, Armenia and  Egypt effectively cooperate in the fields of politics, economy,  science, education, culture, tourism and more. Effective cooperation  has been formed in a number of multilateral platforms as well.

Of course, the trade turnover between the two countries is not  satisfactory yet, but I'm sure that our wide political agenda, as  well as the agenda of mutually beneficial cooperation, based on the  joint efforts of the governments of the two countries, will deepen  further and we will achieve results both in trade and economic  exchange and in many other fields.

I find it necessary to record that we have made significant progress  in almost all areas of cooperation during the past years. Moreover,  we can envisage new perspectives of cooperation. Our countries have  signed over fifty documents on cooperation, and several other  documents which will put a start to new, interesting initiatives were  signed during this visit.

Tourism is developing dynamically. For years, Egypt has been one of  the most preferred vacation destinations for Armenian citizens, and  the number of our tourists is growing significantly year by year.   After Armenia's recent simplification of the visa regime for the  citizens of Egypt, we also expect a large flow of Egyptian tourists  to Armenia, which will greatly contribute to the strengthening of  Armenian- Egyptian friendly ties and the mutual recognition of the  two peoples.

Surely, apart from the bilateral agenda, we also touched on issues of  security, political and regional importance during the meeting with  President El-Sisi. We also discussed Armenia's efforts to establish  peace and stability in the region.

I can't oversee the fact that the Egyptian-Armenian community, which  has been contributing to both the development of Egypt and the  strengthening of bilateral ties for centuries, has a significant role  in Armenian-Egyptian relations. In this respect, I would like to  express special thanks for the care that our compatriots living in  Egypt enjoyed and still enjoy at the state level. The Armenian people  never forget the cordial welcome and support of the Egyptian people  to our children who survived the Genocide.

I am hopeful that in these times full of challenges, the  Armenian-Egyptian friendship will be one of the factors due to which  our countries will overcome all the hardships and move toward a  better future with confidence.

Esteemed Mr. President,

Taking the opportunity, please accept my heartfelt congratulations on  the excellent organization of the 27th Conference of the Parties to  the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) and  the success and positive results achieved.

Once again, I want to highlight the importance of this truly historic  visit and wish our two states strong relations and new achievements  in our cooperation for the welfare of our peoples."