YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Ambassador to Estonia Tigran Mkrtchyan (residence in Vilnius) visited Tallinn to take part in the ceremonies dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Estonia where he held a number of meetings, press service of the Armenian MFA told “Armenpress”.

During a meeting with Director General of the National Library of Estonia Janne Andresoo, Ambassador Mkrtchyan thanked Mrs. Andresoo on holding the exhibition entitled “Coverage of the Armenian Genocide in the first pages of international media” in the library, as well as appreciated the traditional productive cooperation between the library and the Embassy.

Janne Andresoo stated that she is interested in developing constructive cooperation with the Armenian Embassy.

During the meeting proposals on implementing a number of programs with the National Library were discussed and at the same time it was emphasized to give a legal base to the relations between the national libraries of Armenia and Estonia.

At the end of the meeting Ambassador Mkrtchyan gave the National Library of Estonia books on Armenian history.

Later that day Armenia’s Ambassador had a meeting with Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Estonia Rein Tammsaar during which they discussed the necessary steps to be taken jointly towards further deepening of the bilateral economic ties.

Ambassador Mkrtchyan said one of the priorities of Armenia’s Government is the development of high technologies, and considering the great Estonian experience in this field, he highlighted the need to hold forums and meetings in this field in both countries.

Rein Tammsaar said Estonia highly appreciates deepening the friendly ties with Armenia, and all preconditions exist to establish cooperation in various mutually beneficial economic sectors.

Thereafter, Ambassador Mkrtchyan met with Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Estonia Marko Mihkelson during which they exchanged views on further developing the bilateral ties.

At the request of Marko Mihkelson, Ambassador Mkrtchyan talked about the regular gross ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact which further escalates the tension in the region and leads to new casualties.