Negotiations between Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Norway held in  Oslo

ArmInfo. Negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Norway, Ararat Mirzoyan and Espen Barth Eide, were held in Oslo.  As reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia, following their bilateral  meeting, Foreign Ministers  delivered brief remarks  for the press.

Mirzoyan, during his speech, thanked his colleague from Norway for a  meaningful conversation, inviting him to pay a return visit to  Armenia..  The Minister also stated Armenia's interest in deepening  bilateral relations with Norway, while highly appreciating Oslo's  continuous assistance to Armenia's  development agenda.

"Today I had the opportunity to share some updates from our region  and once again to assure  Armenia is committed to the peace agenda  and is doing its best to establish a lasting peace and open a new era  of peace in the South Caucasus," Mirzoyan said.  At the same time, he  noted that Armenia also attaches great importance to cooperation with  the Nordic- Baltic countries, including Norway.

"We are also very happy  to see that there is reciprocative interest  from Nordic and Baltic states as well. We are determined to explore  new horizons in our relations, and we are happy to see that  this  approach is also pretty much shared by the Norwegian side," the  Armenian minister said.

In turn, Espen Barth Eide noted that Norway has developed good  relations with Armenia, the people of Armenia and the current  government. "And we believe that this government has shown clear  strategic leadership for the country in the interests of its people.  Under very difficult circumstances, it has to be said, but  really  bravely looking forward, and looking to Europe and looking for closer  cooperation. And we are very happy to be a partner on that journey,"  the Norwegian minister said.

 According to him, Norway will remain an all-weather friend for  Armenia and for  its European aspirations.  "And we particularly  talked about how we  bilaterally, but also in the context of the  Nordic- Baltic group, can support sharing our experiences and see how  we can provide support on the several aspects of that journey,  which  is important for Armenia, but also important for the whole of Europe  in a time of major changes in our continent," he concluded.