The Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Tigran Mkrtchyan on Monday met with the Chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee for Foreign Affairs Benediktas Juodka.

Mr Juodka congratulated Mkrtchyan on his new appointment and wished him good luck in carrying out his mission.

At the meeting, the interlocutors touched on a number of issues on the Armenian-Lithuanian agenda, stressing the important role of the parliamentary diplomacy in that process. 

The Chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee for Foreign Affairs attached great importance to the successful talks on the new Armenia-EU framework agreement.

For his part, Ambassador Mkrtchyan stressed that Armenia expects to bring Armenia-EU talks to fruition in near future.  According to him, Armenia runs a multi-dimensional foreign policy, which aims to increase the number of friendly and partner countries in different parts of the world.

Upon the request of Mr Juodka, Ambassador Mkrtchyan referred to the current stage of the Karabakh conflict settlement and the efforts exerted towards overcoming the consequences of the large-scale military aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh in early April.

On Tuesday, the Armenian Ambassador met with Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Chairman on European Affairs Committee in the Lithuanian parliament Gediminas Kirkilas, who used to be the country’s former PM. The latter highly appreciated the successful talks between the EU and Armenia.

The interlocutors exchanged ideas on cooperation development perspectives in different areas. Reference was also made to the Armenian-Lithuanian trade and economic relations. In this context, the parties expressed satisfaction with the invigoration of trade and stressed the great potential existing in the sphere.

Upon the request of the Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Mkrtchyan briefed him on the process of constitutional reforms in Armenia.