This visit of President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian is historic and coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia, and once again, I convey warm congratulatory remarks to President Armen Sarkissian. This is what President of Italy Sergio Mattarella state in his speech during a meeting with President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian in Rome.

“I am glad that we were able to organize this visit, which was postponed due to the coronavirus. Armenia and Italy can boast about their friendly relations. We cooperate in several areas. I express gratitude to Mr. Sarkissian for Armenia’s involvement in the UN peacekeeping forces.

Our partnership was also reaffirmed during the epidemic. We are working on providing vaccines to Armenia and have asked Covax to provide its vaccine.

Armenia is a reliable partner for Italy in the region. We know that reforms are underway in Armenia and are ready to exchange experience in the fields such as the judiciary. We also talked a lot about the interests that Italian companies have in the Armenian market, and some companies have already become established in Armenia.

We talked about the high quality of culture and cooperation in science and technology. Today the Quirinal Palace is hosting an exhibition of the works of great Armenian painters of the 19th-20th centuries, and for this I thank President Sarkissian.

Italy attaches great importance to the Armenia-European Union cooperation. I thank President Sarkissian for his visit, which serves as an opportunity to reaffirm the high level of relations between the two countries.”

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