BRUSSELS. – Mayor of Liege, Belgium, Willy Demeyer asked Armenia’s support in “International Expo-2017,” which will be held in Liege, the mayor said during the meeting with the Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan on Monday in Belgium.

The level of development, economic growth, the geographic position many diplomatic missions in Belgium contributed to Liege to submit an application for hosting Expo, government press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Armenian PM invited Demeyar to Armenia to discuss the idea in details of hosting the Expo-2017. Sargsyan later met Armenian-Belgian chamber of commerce chairman Valery Safaryan. They discussed issues on “Belgian week in Armenia” Armenian-Belgian business conference, which will be held on November 7-9 in Yerevan.

Sargsyan will also meet European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule. The PM will complete his visit to Brussels by meeting Armenian and European journalists in European press club.