On May 4, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan received the first deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Hisasi Tokunaga. Edward Nalbandyan expressed his condolences towards the terrible tragedy taken place in Japan in March. The Vice Minister Tokunaga thanked Armenians for their condolences and support referring to the earthquake taken place in Japan on March 11. The Minister Nalbandyan noted that during the last years Armenian-Japanese relations had developed and underlined that the development of cooperation with Japan was important for Armenia. Handing the address of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeak Macumoto to RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, the guest said that Japanese authorities highly appreciated friendly relations with Armenia and wished to develop them. Ha added that his visit showed that recently the relations between them had developed. The sides discussed the issues referring to different fields of bilateral cooperation. They both mentioned that high-ranking visits, the discussions between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs played an important role in strengthening and deepening their cooperation. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was pleased that a number of agreements adopted two years ago during his visit to Tokyo had been carried out. The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan emphasized that the establishment of Armenian Embassy in Japan was a new step in strengthening and widening the relations between the two countries. During the meeting they touched upon the bilateral cooperation in international organizations and in the process of reforming the UN. They both gave importance to the cooperation, the development of legal field, the steps taken for activizing the cooperation in the field of trade and economics. Edward Nalbandyan introduced the attitudes of Armenia towards the problems of South Korea.

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