Yerevan proposes raising level of cooperation with Cyprus up to  strategic partnership 

ArmInfo. Armenia proposed to raise the level of cooperation with Cyprus to strategic partnership. The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Annita Demetriou  positively assessed this initiative. This was announced by the  Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan on May 19  at a joint press conference with Demetriou.

According to the Armenian speaker, during the meeting, the speakers  of the parliaments of Armenia and Cyprus discussed issues on the  bilateral agenda, as well as prospects for cooperation on various  international platforms.

<Today is a very important and pleasant day for me, since my  colleague is one of the most prominent partners of the Republic of  Armenia on international platforms. On those platforms where my  colleague is represented, we have two <microphones>, we are twice as  represented, for which I am grateful to Mrs.  Demetriou and friendly  Cyprus. Armenia is also always close to Cyprus and the people of  Cyprus>, - he said.

Simonya introduced Demetriou to the process of normalizing  Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. He also touched upon the issue of  missing persons and prisoners held by Baku.

<There is a complete understanding, a coincidence of our interests>,  - Alen Simonyan summed up.  It should be noted that the delegation  headed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus  Annita Demetriou arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the Speaker  of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan.