Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias on Friday, March 10 expressed hope for establishing strategic relations and partnership between the Hellenic Republic and Armenia.

At the meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Yerevan, Kotzias said that Greece possesses the political will to deepen cooperation with Armenia in a variety of areas.

Sargsyan, in turn, hailed the friendly relations between the two states, stressing the need for giving a new impetus to economic relations.

The sides agreed to further cooperate in the fields of education, military training, as well as culture, economy, transport and tourism.

Kotzias, who arrived in Armenia on Friday, earlier met foreign minister Edward Nalbandian to discuss diplomatic ties between the two countries.