August 21, 2009 - 14:36 AMT
Egyptian FM highly assessed mutually beneficial cooperation with Armenia
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On August 20, newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to Egypt Armen Melkonyan handed the copies of his credentials to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu al-Gheit, RA MFA press service reported to PanARMENIAN.Net. Congratulating Armenian diplomat, Abu al-Gheit expressed hope that he would contribute to the extension and development of Armenian-Egyptian ties. Egyptian official highly assessed bilateral cooperation between two countries, stressing the importance of contacts on different levels, as well as Armenian community's role in the country's internal life and strengthening of Armenian-Egyptian relations.

Armen Melkonyan in turn passed Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan's greetings to Abu al-Gheit, and expressed willingness to invest his best efforts in implementation of all above-mentioned programs and further extension of mutually beneficial cooperation. At Minister's request, Armenian diplomat introduced recent developments in Karabakh settlement process and Armenian-Turkish dialogue.