RA Vice Premier and Territorial Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan is on a working visit to United Arab Emirates, ministerial press service reported.
Armenian delegation to UAE includes Vice Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Areg Galstyan and RA Ambassador to UAE Vahagn Melikyan.
During the visit, RA Vice Premier met with UAE Foreign Minister, Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to summarize results of last year’s visits. UAE Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of RA-Turkey rapprochement.
RA Vice Premier, in turn, stated that Armenia continues with the policy of RA-Turkey ties normalization, informing of another step undertaken in this direction: RA Constitutional Court’s recognition of Protocol‘s conformity with Armenian Constitution.
Armen Gevorgyan also emphasized the importance of UAE Embassy opening in Yerevan.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.
