On February 11 Shemi Tzur, newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to Armenia (residence in Jerusalem) presented the copies of his credentials to Minister Nalbandian.

Welcoming the guest Minister Nalbandian mentioned that Armenia is interested in development of Armenian-Israeli mutualy beneficial  relations and hoped Ambassador Tzur will make an important contribution to the more expansion of the relations between the two countires.
The two underlined the sppeding up the political dialogue, the exppansion of existing legal framework and  intensification of trade between the countries.

Minister Nalbandian and Ambassador Tzur touched upon the recent parlamentary elections in Israel, the situation in the Middle East, as well as resolution of Artsakh (Nagorno Kharabakh) issue, and the perspectives of normalisation Armenian-Turkish relations.