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All necessary prerequisites available for complementing the Armenian-Italian trade and economic relations with new content – Pashinyan

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is on an official visit to Italy, met on Friday with President of the Council of Ministers of Italy Giuseppe Conte.

As the government press service reported, following the meeting, the Armenian and Italian Governments signed bilateral cooperation documents: the Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Italian Republic “On Facilitating the Application of the European Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters” of 20 April 1959 and the Protocol Amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic on civil defense cooperation and emergency assistance.

Attended by the Prime Ministers of both countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Italian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Manlio Di Stefano exchanged the documents.

“Italy is our second largest trading and economic partner in the European Union. It is my pleasure to note that there are all necessary prerequisites for complementing the Armenian-Italian trade and economic relations with new content,” Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated on Friday with media.
Pashinyan next thanked for the resolution passed by the Chamber of Deputies to recognize the Armenian Genocide in April this year. “Italy thereby reaffirmed its commitment to universal values, contributing to the prevention of genocides and other crimes against humanity,” he added.

“We discussed the opportunities for tourism development. We highlighted the implementation of Rome-Yerevan and Milan-Yerevan direct flights by Ryanair from January 2020, which will greatly facilitate the revitalization of tourism and commercial relations. We also stressed the importance of preserving each other’s cultural heritage. We want Italy to be more involved in our education system, which will help us promote awareness of Italian culture and history.

I highly appreciated Italy’s support for the development of the European Union-Armenia partnership, including the launch of visa regime liberalization negotiations,” said the PM.