On June 18, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan received Giovanni Miceli, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Malta to the Republic of Armenia (residence in Valletta) on the occasion of handing over a copy of his credentials.

The Deputy Foreign Minister congratulated Ambassador Miceli and wished him fruitful work in new position. Deputy Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan expressed confidence that the Ambassador will spare no effort to further develop and deepen relations between Armenia and Malta.

During the meeting, the interlocutors touched upon the range of issues related to both bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including the deepening of the Armenia-EU partnership. The expansion of cooperation in areas of mutual interest was highlighted.

Paruyr Hovhannisyan briefed the Ambassador on the position of the Armenian side regarding the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the “Crossroad of Peace’’ project developed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

The interlocutors also discussed a number of other international and regional issues.