Tuesday, March 5 2024 21:11

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with Secretary-General of the League of  Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

According to the government's press service, during the meeting  Pashinyan touched upon the processes taking place in the South  Caucasus region, discussions around the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace  treaty, and humanitarian problems of forcibly displaced citizens from  Nagorno-Karabakh.

Pashinyan presented in detail the government's "Crossroads of Peace"  project. He noted that Armenia is ready for the opening  of regional  transport communications on the bases of principles of sovereignty,  jurisdiction, reciprocity and equality.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States  emphasized the importance of cooperation with the government of the  Republic of Armenia on various international issues, including for  the purpose of presenting positions and views. Ahmed Aboul Gheit   noted the centuries-old close ties between the Armenian and Arab  peoples, which is a good basis for the development of cooperation.

During the meeting, the interlocutors also exchanged views on the  situation in the Middle East region, in particular in the Gaza Strip.  The importance of taking consistent steps to establish peace and  stability was emphasized.

According to the source, as part of his official visit to Egypt,  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also visited St. Mark's Cathedral in  Cairo, where he met with the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church,  the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark of All  Africa and the Middle East Theodore (Tawadros) II .  The parties  discussed issues of further strengthening ties between the two  countries.