President Serzh Sargsyan received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece

President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Kotzias, who has arrived to Armenia on official visit.

Welcoming the guest to our country, the President of Armenia underscored that the Armenian-Greek ties date back millennia and the history of these relations is full of manifestations of friendship. Based on that friendship, the two countries in 25 years since Armenia’s independence have formed close friendly relations.

President Sargsyan noted that Armenia strives to further and deepen the exciting cooperation with Greece, to invigorate the political dialogue, to the economic relations, bringing them up to the current high level of political relations.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Kotzias fully agreed with President Sargsyan on this issue. He expressed belief that it is necessary to strengthen deep feelings of friendship, which the Armenian and Greek people have for each other, with the cooperation in all areas. He assured that Greece possesses political will to do it, and there exists a legal field – over three dozen of signed agreements and treaties which allows to achieve that goal.

The parties stressed the importance of carrying on with the consistent work aimed at the enhancement of the cooperation in different areas such as education, including military education, culture, economy, transportation, tourism, and others.
Minister Nikos Kotzias underscored that all prerequisites are in place to establish a strategic partnership and cooperation between Armenia and Greece.