Italy closely watches Karabakh process

PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 6, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received Alfredo Montik, the Secretary General of Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry. During the meeting the head of Armenian State mentioned that Armenian-Italian relationships have good perspectives for development, and attached great importance to furthering the political dialogue. As the Foreign Affairs Secretary General said, the official Rome is interested in promoting friendly relationship with Yerevan and there are all the prerequisites for it, said Alfredo Montika.



Serzh Sargsyan mentioned that the development of Armenian-Italian relations plays an essential role for Armenia's euro integration process. During the meeting the parties discussed the initiative on "Eastern Partnership" and stressed that it will open new perspectives for collaboration. The Armenian president particularly stressed the importance of the presence of the regional component for this initiative.



The Secretary General thanked Armenian authorities for the help offered to Italian citizens during Georgian -Ossetian crisis. According to him, the past events proved political conflict settlement to be the most effective solution. "Rome is interested in the establishment of stability in South Caucasus," Alfredo Montika noted, adding that Italy, being a MG OSCT Member, is well aware of the progress of Nagormo-Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations. Serzh Sargsyan, in his turn, highly assessed the balanced policy that Italy implements in resolution of regional issues, the Presidential press office reported.