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  • Head Of The Na Ra-Japan Friendship Group Meets The Special Represent

    HEAD OF THE NA RA-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP GROUP MEETS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF JAPAN

    http://www.parliament.am/news.php?cat_id=2&NewsID=5690&year=2013&month=02&d ay=01&lang=eng
    01.02.2013

    On February 1 Samvel Farmanyan, Head of Armenia-Japan Parliamentary
    Friendship Group met with the Ambassador Takeshi Hikihara, Special
    Representative of the Foreign Ministry of Japan for Caucasus and
    GUAM, Deputy Director-General of Japan~Rs Foreign Ministry European
    Affairs Bureau.

    In the course of the meeting issues concerning the development
    of the Armenian-Japanese economic, scientific-cultural relations,
    activation of inter-parliamentary cooperation were discussed. Both
    sides underlined that though during the past twenty years after
    Armenia~Rs independence significant moves had been recorded in the
    sphere inner-state relations, economic cooperation, mutual interests
    had been more increased, but the two countries still have big potential
    of cooperation, which should be called into life by the fulfillment
    of realistic and mutually beneficial programmes.

    In terms of the development of inter-parliamentary relations Samvel
    Farmanyan highlighted the parliamentarians~R mutual visits and the
    joint discussions and asked Takeshi Hikihara to convey his invitation
    to the members of Japan-Armenia Friendship Group, which had been
    newly formed after the parliamentary elections of Japan to visit
    Armenia and convene a joint sitting of friendship groups.

    During the meeting the issue of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno
    Karabakh problem was also discussed. Takeshi Hikihara assured that
    Japan continued to defend the problem through peaceful negotiations,
    the approach of the settlement within the Minsk Group framework.

    Samvel Farmanyan thanked for the Japanese authorities~R balanced
    stance.

    The Head of Armenia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group also touched
    upon the necessity of opening an Embassy of Japan in Armenia, which to
    his assessment would more activate the bilateral relations. Agreeing
    with the NA deputy~Rs observation the Special Representative of the
    Foreign Ministry said that this problem was also of vital importance
    and had still been at the stage of discussion.

    In the meeting both sides referred to other issues of bilateral
    interest.

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