YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian is in the Arab Republic of Egypt on an official visit. The NA Speaker met with his counterpart, Chairman of the Arab Republic of Egypt People's Assembly on January 16. The latter expressed Egypt's readiness to strengthen the Armenia-Egypt relations. The sides also touched upon the security issues in the Middle and Near East. According to H. Abrahamian, Armenian-Egyptian trade and economic relations also need to be promoted. A meeting of the two countries' Intergovernmental Commission will be also held in 2010 August. According to the RA NA Speaker, a number of programs regarding sphere's development will be adopted at the meeting. The RA NA Speaker attached importance to the process of normalizing the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions. The NA Speaker also visited the People's Assembly Museum. Meetings with country's Prime Minister, as well as representatives of Egypt's Armenian community are also planned within the framework of the visit.

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