On September 7, the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian received the members of the Armenia-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group, headed by Harold Albrecht.

Welcoming the guests, Minister Nalbandian highly appreciated the deepening and strengthening of meaningful relations with Canada in future. In that respect, Minister Nalbandian welcomed the recent activation of the mutual visits in Armenia-Canada relations.

Minister Nalbandian stated that the parliamentary diplomacy is one of the most important formats to develop relations between countries and welcomed the activities of the Canadian Parliament delegates in deepening the Armenia-Canada relations in future.

Harold Albrecht, member of the House of Commons of Canada, expressing his appreciation for the reception, remembered Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s official visit to Ottawa recently, the result of which was the development of the Armenian-Canadian relations.

The sides discussed the issues concerning the development of bilateral cooperation, economic relations, and the activation of the cultural, scientific and educational exchanges, the expansion of legal framework.

During the meeting, the sides touched upon issues related to the South Caucasus and the directions for solving those issues.