On May 20 the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mr Tigran Torosyan received the Ambassador of Latvia to the Republic of Armenia Mr Aivars Vovers on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission.

The NA President thanked the ambassador for his long-term and effective work and for the contribution to Armenian-Latvian relations and wished him success in his further career. Noting that during his tenure  relations between two countries deepened, the inter-parliamentary  cooperation developed  through the international structures, Mr Torosyan expressed his conviction that there were opportunities and perspectives for the further development of the relations. The head of the parliament noted that the European integration for Armenia was one of the priorities of the foreign policy, in this aspect stressing the Latvian experience.

The Ambassador of Latvia to the Republic of Armenia Mr Aivars Vovers thanked the NA President for the effective cooperation, noting that during 6-7 years of his tenure Armenia recorded considerable successes of development in different spheres. The Ambassador highlighted the last report of the European Commission on Armenia which was the most positive when compared with Georgia and Azerbaijan. Highly assessing the present level of bilateral relations and recording the achievements, Mr Vovers expressed conviction that there was great potential of cooperation, in particular, in the trade-economic sphere. Speaking about the years of his tenure in Armenia Mr Vovers said that they were bright and important working years, and he made many friends.

During the meeting the sides also touched upon other issues of bilateral interest.