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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Ambassador to Tunisia Arshak Poladyan held meetings with Khalil al-Tazarki, the Director-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, heads of the departments of international cooperation, consular and legal affairs, La Francophonie department, as well as the Ministerof HigherEducationand Scientific ResearchMoncefBoukthir, the foreign ministry said in a press release.
Issues related to enhancing bilateral and multilateral cooperation, conducting mutual high-level visits, developing a legal-contractual framework, organizing political consultations between foreign ministries of the two countries and simplifying entry visa for citizens of the two countries were discussed. The upcoming La Francophonie summit which will be held in Tunisia in November was also discussed.
During the meeting with Minister Boukthir, Poladyan discussed opportunities for organizing academic mutual visits between Armenia and Tunisia, establishing cooperation between various universities and conducting joint scientific research.
The issue of establishing cooperation between the Yerevan State University and University of Tunis El Manar was also discussed.
During the meetings ambassador Poladyan briefed the officials on the May, November 2021 and 13-15 September, 2022 Azeri aggressions against Armenia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and invasion into Armenia’s internationally recognized territories, attaching importance to the international community’s clear position over the withdrawal of the Azeri troops from Armenia’s territory back to their initial positions.