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During his state visit to Uruguay, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Uruguayan President Jose Mujica on July 9. The two presidents discussed a wide range of issues concerning interstate links and cooperation development, the Armenian President’s press service reports.

Serzh Sargsyan said Armenia is interested in developing a comprehensive agenda with Uruguay in politics, trade, economy and culture. The sides indicated the importance of the legal and contractual framework’s expansion.

The Presidents said the Armenian Diaspora of Uruguay makes its contribution to the development of bilateral relations, while the positions of the two countries on issues of universal significance are in keeping with each other, and the fact that Uruguay was the first country in the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965 bears evidence of it.

At the conclusion of the meeting, agreements between the two governments on economic cooperation and on visa-free travel, as well as a frame agreement on cooperation were signed. An agreement on cooperation in sports was signed between Armenian ministry of sport and youth affairs and Uruguayan ministry of tourism and sports.

Prior to his meeting with Jose Mujica, the Armenian President went to Independence Square in Montevideo and laid a wreath at the Statue of General Jose Artigas.