Indeed, this is the second time within six months that we met, but also during these months, we have had several phone conversations, we were constantly in touch, and we are happy to know that the political dialogue between Estonia and Armenia is developing, as well as our relations in different areas. This was stated by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at his joint news conference with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna in Tallinn Thursday.

"Both then and now, we had a lot to discuss and outline our expectations in bilateral agenda as well as cooperation in different formats

I note with satisfaction that we have indeed succeeded in building a strong political dialogue and partnership based on common principles and shared commitment for a prosperous and more secure future for our countries. Independence, sovereignty, and decisiveness to further enhance democracy and democratic principles, these are the values that bring our like-minded countries and peoples closer and closer.

Now it is a ripe time that we expand our partnership to different sectors and build partnerships in targeted, key for our societies’ fields. We believe that the economic component in bilateral relations should be enhanced to boost trade and investment. And for that, we have a huge potential to use the innovation and high tech where both Armenia and Estonia are making significant progress. On the one hand, Estonia’s remarkable achievements in IT, digitalization, innovation, cybersecurity and, on the other hand, Armenia’s willingness to bring more change in this regard, both into the public and private sectors, create ideal ground for mutually beneficial cooperation. It also relates to broadening our cooperation in education, tourism, as well as energy, culture and elsewhere.

Also, we appreciate the resumption of development cooperation between our countries where priority areas of cooperation are education, democracy and good governance, poverty reduction and entrepreneurship.," said the Armenian FM.

He emphasized that in addition to bilateral cooperation, Armenia and Estonia have developed very positive dynamics of engagements and mutual support in multilateral formats where they very often share the main priorities and support each other’s candidacies. 

"The bigger mosaic of our partnership, of course, includes the activities in the format of the European Union, where we have multilayer cooperation: implementation of already existing arrangements, including for strengthening Armenia’s resilience and diversifying the economy, but also looking beyond, for more prospects. Here, I appreciate Estonia’s participation in the EU monitoring mission in Armenia as well as the expressed support for the start of the visa liberalization dialogue. We hope that jointly we will soon reach new important milestones." added Ararat Mirzoyan.