Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today received Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, currently on a visit to Jerusalem.

Welcoming Edward Nalbandian, Rivlin stressed the importance of Nalbadian's visit and expressed confidence that it would contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations.

Minister Nalbandian 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 the intensification of political dialogue, which, in their opinion, would open the possibility to enhance cooperation in other areas.

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

Photo (from left): FM Nalbandian, Israeli President Rivlin