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Issues relating to new Armenia-EU framework agreement discussed during press conference with Foreign Minister of Sweden

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Remarks by Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian during joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Sweden Margot Wallström Ladies and Gentlemen! I am pleased to welcome Foreign Minister of Sweden, my dear friend Margot Wallström, in Yerevan, who is paying an official visit to Armenia. Today we had an opportunity to continue multi-faceted dialogue on bilateral agenda, pressing regional and international issues. We have had numerous opportunities to meet in Stockholm as well as within different international conferences, forums. We recently met at the end of December. We agreed that the Foreign Minister of Sweden would visit Armenia and today I am very glad to welcome her in Yerevan Together with Ms. Wallström we attached importance to the dynamic development of Armenia-Sweden relations, which particularly was activated after the opening of two embassies. Together with Ms. Wallström we opened the Embassy of Armenia in Sweden in Stockholm in 2014. The Embassy of Sweden was opened here as well. The Embassies actively engaged towards the development, expansion and deepening of relations. Opportunities of the development of trade and economic, educational, cultural fields and healthcare were reflected on. We agreed upon the improvement of the legal framework and investment promotion. You are aware that a range of entrepreneurships on Swedish capital operate in Armenia. In this regard, we placed significance to the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital just signed. We agreed with Ms. Wallström to continue the high-level political dialogue, hold consultations between two Ministries of Foreign Affairs on a regular basis in order to further deepen cooperation. As an important field of development of bilateral cooperation we outlined the IT sector. Surely, we touched upon Armenia-EU relations. We stressed the importance of launched negotiations on the new Armenia-EU framework agreement. Reforms held in Armenia and support of the European partners were on the agenda of our negotiations. I presented to Ms. Wallström the joint efforts of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries towards the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We would have an opportunity to discuss various regional and international issues during a working lunch.