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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.
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.