The importance of the President's visit to Italy is first pointed out by time period. The visit was a few days before the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and it was obvious that there would be mainly problems concerning the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in the schedule.
The Armenian-Italian cooperation also includes the military field. Since the November of previous year more than 30 Armenian peacekeepers serve under the Italian command of the UN peacekeeper forces in Lebanon.
During the visit Serzh Sargsyan met his Italian colleague, the Minister of Defense and parliamentarians. And he also participated in the opening ceremony of the cross stone dedicated to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Naples.
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