This week, RA Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan has held a number of meetings with high-ranking Lebanese officials.

The press service of the RA foreign office informed NEWS.am that at their meeting Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berry and Ambassador A. Kocharyan discussed issues of developing bilateral parliamentary cooperation, as well as regional problems.

At their meeting, Ambassador A. Kocharyan and Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Al Shami stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation within international institutions. The RA Ambassador briefed the Lebanese FM on the present developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

Beirut Mayor Bilal S. Hamad and Ambassador A. Kocharyan discussed various ways of developing cooperation between the Armenian and Lebanese capitals. Ambassador A. Kocharyan conveyed to the Beirut Mayor Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan’s invitation to visit Yerevan to take part in the festive events scheduled for October 10.

Ambassador A. Kocharyan and Roger Halat, Economic Advisor to the President of the Beirut Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture discussed the necessity for mutual visits by high-ranking delegations and businessmen. The sides discussed prospects of holding Armenian-Lebanese business forum.