RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan received the newly appointed German Ambassador to Armenia Ambassador Hans-Jochen Schmidt, who presented the copies of his credentials.

The press service of the RA Foreign Office reported that Minister Nalbandyan wished Ambassador Schmidt success in his diplomatic mission ands assured his of the RA Foreign Office’s support. Ambassador Schmidt thanked Nalbandyan and said Germany will continue developing comprehensive cooperation with Armenia.

The sides discussed Armenia’s cooperation with the European Union (EU), pointing out the neeed for expanding bilateral contacts.

Minister Nalbandyan outlined Armenia’s approaches to to the Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-Turkish normnalizationn processes, as well as to a number of regional problems. Before being appointed German Ambassador to Armenia, Hans-Jochen Schmidt was head of the OSCE Headquarters in Minsk.