Samvel Nikoyan receives Indian Ambassador to Armenia Achal Kumar Malhotra

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: On February 16 National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan received Indian Ambassador to Armenia Achal Kumar Malhotra, NA press service told Armenpress.

Expressing gratitude for the visit, the parliament speaker said Armenia attaches high importance to its close relations with India. According to Mr. Nikoyan, those century-long ties go on normally developing both in bilateral format and within different international structures. NA Speaker pointed out the active parliamentary cooperation and expressed readiness to expand it.

Congratulating Samvel Nikoyan on appointment, the Indian Ambassador said his country deeply appreciates the friendly and traditional relations with Armenia. Achal Kumar Malhotra, attaching importance to the role of the National Assembly in the country's reforms, highlighted the bilateral inter-parliamentary cooperation, which has always been at a high level. The ambassador noted that there are all the prerequisites for expansion of Armenian-Indian ties in all directions.