Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar met Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan in New Delhi, discussing steps to boost bilateral trade, connectivity, and deeper partnerships. The Armenian delegation also met President Droupadi Murmu and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, underscoring India’s growing engagement with Armenia.

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• Vice President Dhankhar held talks with Armenian delegation at Parliament House on Dec 17.
• Discussions focused on boosting trade, enhancing connectivity, and strengthening ties.
• Dhankhar emphasized the importance of parliamentary exchanges in fostering relationships.
• Armenian delegation also met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• President Murmu highlighted regular dialogues as key to bilateral cooperation.
• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently discussed partnership avenues with Armenia.
• India-Iran-Armenia Trilateral Consultations held in New Delhi on Dec 12.
• Talks included enhancing trade, tourism, cultural exchanges, and people-to-people ties.
• Engagement reflects increasing momentum in India-Armenia high-level interactions.
• Historical ties between the two democracies were a central theme of the meetings.