Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Pambukhchyan on Tuesday received Japanese Ambassador to Armenia Masanori Fukushima.

First, Pambukhchyan lauded their close cooperation with Japan.

Also, the head of the Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) thanked the ambassador for the efforts invested by the Japanese government in constantly assisting Armenia in connection with emergencies, too.

Ambassador Fukushima, for his part, stressed that their cooperation with MES is at a high level, and this contributes to the carrying out of new respective programs in the future.

Also, the Japanese diplomat assured that he will do his utmost to raise this cooperation to a qualitatively new level.

During the meeting, the parties discussed a number of other matters as well.