YEREVAN. – Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian, who is on a working visit to New York City, on Monday met with Stéphane Dion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada.

Nalbandian noted that he is happy to continue the discourse with respect to the comprehensive development of bilateral relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Dion, for his part, congratulated on the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, and noted that he will continue his efforts to deepen Canada’s cooperation with Armenia.

Subsequently, the interlocutors discussed the topics that are on the Armenian-Canadian agenda. They also underscored the Canadian Armenian community’s active role in making bilateral relations grow deeper.

The heads of the Armenian and Canadian foreign ministries also conferred on cooperation within the framework of the UN, OSCE, and La Francophonie.

In addition, Nalbandian briefed his Canadian colleague on the consequences of the large-scale military aggression, which Azerbaijan had unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in early April, and on the efforts to implement the arrangements that were made toward eliminating these consequences.