YEREVAN, 5 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. On March 5, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin received at his residence Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, who is currently on a visit to Jerusalem.

Welcoming Edward Nalbandyan, President of Israel, underlining the importance of the Armenian Foreign Minister’s visit, expressed confidence that it would contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations.

Minister Nalbandyan thanked President Rivlin for the meeting and stressed that the Armenian and Jewish peoples are interlinked with millennia-old traditions of friendship, which forms a solid basis for further strengthening of inter-state relations.

President Rivlin and Minister Nalbandian noted the importance of intensification of political dialogue which, in their opinion, would give the possibility to enhance cooperation in other areas as well.

The two discussed shared responsibility of Armenian and Jewish nations for preventing future crimes against humanity.