The Vice President of India received the Armenian Foreign Minister

On November 10 started the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian’s official visit to India.

In New Delhi Minister Nalbandian met with Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India, Chairman of the Upper House of Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha).

Welcoming the Armenian Foreign Minister, the Vice President of India said that his country is ready to undertake efficient steps for development of comprehensive cooperation with friendly Armenia. Mohammad Hamid Ansari also added that Edward Nalbandian’s visit is a good opportunity to summerize the results registred in the bilateral relations, as well as work out new projects of cooperation.

Minister Nalbandian expressed gratitude for the warm reception and mentioned that the leadership of Armenia attaches great importance to the further reinforcement and expansion of relations with friendly India, one of the most important countries in the world. According to Minister Nalbandian, his visit to India is aimed at that.

Both sides underlined the necessity of intensification of political dialogue between the two countries and in that context they stressed the importance of the organization of reciprocal high-level visits.

The Vice President of India and the Foreign Minister of Armenia discussed the steps undertaken towards deepening of bilateral economic and cultural ties, as well as opportunities of intensification of contacts between the Armenian and Indian business people, further deepening of interaction in the spheres of high technologies, education, culture, agriculture and healthcare and expansion of legal framework.
Upon the request of the Indian Vice President, the Armenian Foreign Minister presented the problems in the South Caucasus and Armenia’s position on their solution.

Edward Nalbandian and Mohammad Hamid Ansari exchanged views on several regional and international issues. The sides stressed that the peaceful resolution of existing problems has no alternative.

On the same day, the Armenian Foreign Minister had a meeting with Suresh Goel, the Director General of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. In the course of the meeting, they had a thorough talk on a wide range of issues related to the cooperation between two countries in the humanitarian spheres. The issues related to the opening of the Indian Cultural Center in Armenia, the cooperation between the MFA Diplomatic School of Armenia and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, intensification of educational exchanges, the opening of chair for Indian researches at one of the universities of Armenia and holding of Indian cultural year in Armenia was discussed.

In New Delhi Edward Nalbandian gave an extensive interview to the Indian popular newspaper “Asian Age”.