On June 21 President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan received Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mr. Abdullah bin-Zayed al-Nahyan, who was in Yerevan on an official visit.

Greeting the guest the President of the National Assembly expressed his confidence that the visit of the UAE Foreign Minister to Armenia would promote the development of bilateral relations. He highlighted the historical warm relations between the Armenian and Arab peoples and noted that he would make all efforts for strengthening those ties.

The interlocutors highly assessed the level of bilateral political relations and expressed their satisfaction on that occasion. Nevertheless, they noted that it was necessary to develop the inter-parliamentary contacts and organize mutual visits of legislators of the two countries. Touching upon the global financial-economic crisis, the sides agreed that, taking into account that challenge, Yerevan and Abu Dhabi should continue to develop the ongoing bilateral trade-economic cooperation and the implementation of mutual investments.