Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Avet Adonts today received newly appointed Ambassador of Iceland to Armenia Arni Thor Sigurdsson (seat in Moscow), who presented the copies of his Letters of Credence.

Congratulating Arni Thor Sigurdsson on assuming the diplomatic mission, the deputy foreign minister voiced hope that the newly appointed Ambassador will contribute to the Armenian-Icelandic cooperation through his activities and, in this context, particularly underscored the importance of the start of political dialogues.

The parties touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and attached importance to the format of the Co-Chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as the speedy solution to the issue of prisoners of war and the settlement of the humanitarian situation.

The interlocutors also reaffirmed the mutual willingness to enhance the mutually beneficial cooperation in the bilateral and multilateral formats and exchanged views on cooperation in the energy sector.