On October 30, regular political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Romania were held in Bucharest. The Armenian delegation was headed by Paruyr Hovhannisyan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia while the Romanian delegation was led by Iulian Fota, the State Secretary of Romania.
The sides commended the political dialogue between two countries and touched upon a wide range of issues on the Armenian-Romanian bilateral agenda. The possibilities of expanding bilateral cooperation in various fields, as well as cooperation and mutual support within the framework of international organizations were discussed.
Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan briefed the Romanian side on the humanitarian situation resulting from Azerbaijan's policy of ethnic cleansing, touched upon the efforts of the Government of Armenia aimed at providing assistance to the forcibly displaced refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. Paruyr Hovhannisyan expressed his gratitude to the Romanian side for the humanitarian assistance provided for the needs of the refugees.
During the consultations, views were exchanged on a number of issues of mutual interest on the regional and international agenda. The interlocutors touched upon the Armenia-EU enhanced partnership. Paruyr Hovhannisyan highlighted the importance of the EU monitoring mission deployment in Armenia, in the context of the imperative to deter aspirations towards territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia.
Within the framework of his visit to Romania, the Deputy Foreign Minister had meetings with Traian Hristea, the Secretary of State for Global Affairs and Diplomatic Strategies of MFA of Romania, as well as Rozália Ibolya Biró, the Chairwoman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies and Titus Corlățean, the Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate.
