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Visa liberalisation dialogue for the citizens of Armenia has been referred to in the joint declaration of the Riga Summit of the Eastern Partnership in 2015 and this is an important bilateral commitment on behalf of Armenia and the European Union to move towards that direction, Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Garen Nazarian said in an interview with Independent Balkan News Agency (IBNA).

“Armenia is implementing the agreements on visa facilitation and readmission in good faith and based on the positive assessment of the implementation of mentioned agreements we hope very much to be able to launch the Visa dialogue soon and we also count on the support of friendly Greece and other partners in Europe,” the Ambassador has stressed.

Speaking of the relation with Turkey, the deputy minister has reminded that the border with Armenia is closed by the Turkish side with that ‘unilateral coercive measure imposed on Armenia being subject for international condemnation.”

“This action by the neighbouring country has to be revised in order to make the implementation of different projects possible in the region at large and create a conducive environment for regional cooperation,” noted Ambassador Nazarian, adding “We are very much interested in continuing the dialogue with Greece and other interested countries on this and other regional matters and I am glad that in many aspects, including on the issue of closed borders, we share the same views and positions.”