In the international airport of Cairo the Vice Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt Mr. Abdel Aziz Mustafa met the delegation led by RA NA Speaker. Later, in the official guests’ saloon of the airport H.E. Mr. Abrahamyan had a brief working talk with Mr. Mustafa. Welcoming the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament the Vice Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Egypt emphasized the development of the bilateral parliamentary contacts. The interlocutors agreed that the legislators of the two friendly countries could have serious contribution in developing the Armenian-Egyptian relations.

On the same day in the afternoon the official delegation led by RA NA Speaker visited the parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour met the RA NA Speaker at the doors of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Egypt. After the official ceremony the Armenian and Egyptian sides had an enlarged meeting.

H.E. Mr. Sorour warmly welcomed the delegation led by RA NA Speaker and expressed hope that during the visit the sides will jointly work in strengthening historically warm and friendly relations, in that context specially noting the role of the Egyptian Armenian community. Later, the Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Egypt thoroughly touched upon the issues of the foreign policy of his country, paying special attention to the efforts of his country in establishing peace and stability in the Near and Middle East.

H.E. Mr. Abrahamyan expressed his gratitude for warm reception and told his interlocutor that he fully agreed with his assessment of the Armenian-Egyptian relations. Highlighting the inter-parliamentary cooperation of the two friendly countries the RA NA Speaker reaffirmed the adherence of the Armenian side to the provisions of Armenian-Egyptian inter-parliamentary agreement in 1997. Then, H.E. Mr. Abrahamyan presented his interlocutor the prior problems of Armenia’s foreign policy, particularly, touching upon the steps taken in establishing peace and stability in South Caucasus, Armenian-Turkish normalization process without preconditions and relations with immediate neighbours.

While discussing the bilateral cooperation the interlocutors agreed that it was necessary to strengthen the trade-economic cooperation of Armenia and Egypt. In that context they emphasized the sitting of the Armenian-Egyptian Inter-Parliamentary Commission being held in Yerevan in the summer of 2010, during which it would be possible to sum up a number of practical programmes of economic nature.

At the meeting the interlocutors agreed that in order to retain the current high level of the Armenian-Egyptian political dialogue it was necessary to continue it, using the opportunities given of the mutual visits. In that context H.E. Mr. Abrahamyan invited the Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour to pay an official visit to the Republic of Armenia.