YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasarian met with newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to RA Hans-Jochen Schmidt on November 16. The interlocutors discussed issues related to Armenian-German bilateral relations. A. Baghdasarian highly evaluated Germany's involvement in implementation of various programs in Armenia and expressed the hope that Hans-Jochen Schmidt during his tenure will have an important contribution to further development of Armenian-German partnership in various spheres. Problems of Armenia's cooperation with international structures, in particular, Armenia-EU partnership were also touched upon. According to the Press Service of the NSC Secretary, at Ambassador's request A. Baghdasarian presented the normalization process of Armenian-Turkish relations.

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