ARMENIA, URUGUAY INTEND TO DEVELOP RELATIONS
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Nov 27 2007
YEREVAN, November 27. /ARKA/. Newly appointed Uruguayan Ambassador
to Armenia Jorge Alberto Mayer Long (residence in Moscow) handed
credentials to Armenian President Robert Kocharyan on Tuesday,
presidential press office reports.
The president congratulated the ambassador on his appointment and
wished him success in his mission.
The president and the ambassador stressed the importance of
Armenian-Uruguayan relations and outlined cooperation prospects.
Kocharyan and Long also noted with pleasure that Armenia and Uruguay
cooperate also in international organizations.
The ambassador remembered that Uruguay was the first country that
officially recognized Armenian Genocide fact in 1965 and said Armenian
community in Uruguay plays a special part in relations between the
two countries.