Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid met at the Presidential Residence of the Republic of Iraq

President Vahagn Khachaturyan, who is on an official visit to the Republic of Iraq, had a private conversation with his counterpart, President of the Republic of Iraq  Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid.

The private conversation was followed by an expanded meeting of the two countries’ delegations.

Welcoming the President of the Republic and the members of the delegation, the President of fthe Republic of Iraq stressed the importance of high-level mutual visits in terms of strengthening bilateral relations and noted: "Cooperation between Armenia and Iraq is developing dynamically in all spheres, and we already have certain achievements on a number of issues. I am confident that the official visit of the President of Armenia to Iraq will contribute to strengthening relations between our countries, I also believe that we shall have effective discussions during the visit and new successes will be reached in deepening cooperation in economic, cultural, tourism, technological and other spheres."

Expressing his gratitude for the warm hospitality, President Vahagn Khachaturyan noted: "We see your warm attitude towards us, which testifies to the historically established friendship between our nations. My visit was preceded by your visit to the Republic of Armenia, which was highly anticipated and historic. Today, we must continue to strengthen cooperation between our countries, especially since its potential exists in almost all spheres of the economy, education, science, high technology and others.

I am pleased to state that we were able to jointly initiate the beginning of a new stage in the development of relations between Armenia and Iraq."

During the meeting, issues on the agenda for strengthening Armenian-Iraqi cooperation in the fields of economy, energy, high technology, tourism and culture were discussed. The possibilities of fully realizing the potential of cooperation between the two countries and taking the necessary steps in this direction were touched upon. The importance of the active work of the Intergovernmental Commission was emphasized.

The interlocutors exchanged views on the implementation of necessary measures for the mutual liberalization of the visa regime for citizens of the two countries.

The importance of the continuous development of cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments and parliamentary diplomacy was noted at the meeting.

During the conversation, the general situation in our region was touched upon, in this context, President Khachaturyan confirmed Armenia's principled approach to achieving stable, long-lasting peace in the region. Vahagn Khachaturyan stressed that Armenia takes a clear position on establishing good-neighborly and stable relations with its neighbors and partners, which will be based on territorial integrity, sovereignty, primacy of basic international principles and rights.