On November 1 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received Sanjay Singh, the Secretary on Eastern Affairs of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian highly assessed the visible intensification of the Armenian-Indian relations being noted recently, underlining that it is a result of the consistency provided by the two sides, and that Armenia is interested in the further development and deepening of the Armenian-Indian traditionally warm and friendly relations. Sanjay Singh stressed that India has a particularly warm attitude to Armenia and the Armenian people and the authorities of his country intend to expand the friendly partnership and cooperation with Armenia. The interlocutors noted with satisfaction that the agreements reached in the course of the official visit of the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs paid to India last year have already been implemented. Edward Nalbandian and Sanjay Singh discussed the results of the meeting of the Indian-Armenian Intergovernmental Commissions held on 31st of October and the consultations held between the two MFAs today. During the meeting the sides touched upon the projects directed to the expansion of the cooperation in the bilateral political, economic, education, information technologies, cultural and health spheres and the steps to be undertaken towards that direction, particularly holding of consultations between the appropriate departments, intensification of contacts between the business circles through the expansion of legal framework as well. The sides exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues. The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs presented Armenia’s positions on the regional issues in the South Caucasus and the settlement of those issues. Edward Nalbandian highly appreciated India’s balanced position on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

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