On August 20, Armen Melkonian, the newly appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Egypt presented the copies of his credentials to Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

In the course of the talks that followed the ceremony, Minister Aboul Gheit congratulated Ambassador Melkonian on his appointment and expressed hope that new Armenian Ambassador will have his personal contribution to the development and deepening of Armenian-Egyptian relations during. Egyptian Minister highly appreciated the existing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and attached importance to the continuation of high-level dialogue. Minister Aboul Gheit emphasized the important role of Egyptian Armenian community both in internal life of Egypt and in the strengthening of Armenian-Egyptian relations.

Delivering the regards of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Ambassador Melkonian assured to spare no efforts in implement the designed programs and develop mutually beneficial partnership. On Aboul Gheit ‘s request Ambassador Melkonian presented the recent developments in negotiations of Artsakh issue, as well as current state of Armenian-Turkish normalization process.