Armenia one of important counterparts of Japan, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs says
The Armenian-Japanese relations have developed and expanded in the last year, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Ara Babloyan stated today at a a meeting Manabu Horii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
As the parliament press service reported, during the meeting Babloyan highlighted the role of the inter-parliamentary ties, especially the active cooperation of the parliamentary Friendship Groups in the development of the Armenian-Japanese bilateral relations. In this context the parliament speaker considered necessary the parliamentarians' mutual visits and the exchange of experience.
Ara Babloyan highly assessed the balanced position of Japan in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Thanking for the warm reception, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Manabu Horii expressed hope that his visit would be a new impetus for further development and deepening of the two countries' relations. Highly assessing the level of the relations existing between Japan and Armenia, he has documented that Armenia is one of the important counterparts of Japan. Underlining the role of the activities of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups of the two countries, Manabu Horii expressed willingness to contribute to the deepening of the inter-state relations.
At the meeting the steps aimed at strengthening of cooperation in the economic, trade and cultural spheres and other issues of bilateral interest were discussed.