On March 4 RA NA President Artur Baghdasaryan received Ghassan Raslan, Ambassador, the Syrian charge d’affaires, in connection with the expiry of his tenure.

The Ambassador thanked the RA President for his help during his tenure, noting that a considerable progress has been made in the Armenian-Syrian relations, inter-governmental agreements have been signed, the spheres of cooperation have been defined.

Wishing success to the Ambassador, Artur Baghdasaryan expressed a hope that the activities of the next ambassador will promote the development of relations, involving new spheres of cooperation. The sides highlighted the importance of the Armenian community in Syria and the kind attitude of Syrian authorities towards them, the representatives of which are law-abiding citizens and participate in the development of the state in all spheres.

Other issues were also discussed during the meeting.