Today Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Gegham Gharibjanyan met with his Syrian counterpart Ahmad Arnous, reported the Press Service of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The joint delegation of the MFA and the Ministry of Finance of Syria is in Armenia for recurrent political consultations June 28-30, as well as to sign an agreement between the Governments on avoiding double taxation. In the course of the meeting in interlocutors discussed positions of the two countries over matters of mutual interest, as well as prospects of development of cooperation within international organizations and problems of the Near East and the South Caucasus. Special attention was paid to prospects of expansion of the legal framework and development of commercial and economic cooperation.