On July 22 RA President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia Mr. Bruno Scapini.
Greeting the guest the Head of the Armenian Parliament congratulated him on the occasion of the beginning of his diplomatic mission in Yerevan and expressed hope that the tenure of Ambassador Scapini would promote the activation of bilateral cooperation. Mr. Abrahamyan highlighted the development of cooperation of Armenia with Italy, one of the leading members of the European Union, and expressed hope that Italy would contribute to the realization of Armenia’s aspiration for Euro integration.
The interlocutors agreed that it was necessary to pay special attention to the development of Armenian-Italian trade-economic cooperation promoting the contacts of the businessmen of two countries.
Noting already recorded success of economic mutually beneficial cooperation they agreed that it was necessary to increase the efforts in order to use the existing big potential.
The interlocutors also discussed the perspectives of activating contacts between the two countries’ parliaments and the programmes of cooperation in the sphere of culture. During the meeting they also touched upon the peaceful settlement of Artsakh core issue, regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations and issues of the establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus region.
Concluding the talk Mr. H. Abrahamyan wished success to Ambassador Scapini in his endeavors and productive activity for the benefit of the Armenian and Italian friendly peoples.