YEREVAN. – Speaker Alen Simonyan of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly (RA NA) on Friday received Japanese Ambassador Masanori Fukushima, the NA informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

At the beginning of the meeting, the RA NA President was interested in the condition of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, against whom an assassination attempt was made today.

The sides congratulated each other on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan.

Both sides voiced the necessity of cooperation in different spheres between our countries.

“Japan is a key partner for us, and Armenia is concerned about deepening the trade-economic ties, involving Japanese investments in our country, implementing programs of students’ exchange in the sphere of education and deepening cooperation in high technologies, health, tourism and in other directions,” Alen Simonyan stressed.

The interlocutors discussed issues connected with the importance of regional peace and security.

The Ambassador of Japan highlighted the intensive interaction at different levels, noting that very often the popular diplomacy assumes more effective role, helping the classical diplomacy.