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Uruguay will open an embassy in Armenia, the head of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry Francisco Bustijo said on Monday in Yerevan during a joint press conference with the acting president. Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.

“We discussed a number of issues on deepening relations, which, I am sure, will help the two countries expand cooperation. Uruguay will continue to take confident steps to establish strong and mutually beneficial ties that will be beneficial to both sides and help them achieve their goals, protecting the interests of each other,” he said …

In turn, Grigoryan said that the Armenian-Uruguayan relations are developing dynamically: mutual visits, contacts at various levels, both in bilateral and multilateral formats, are of a regular nature.

“We agreed that there is a great untapped potential in the economic sphere and are ready to take practical steps to encourage cooperation in areas of interest. In particular, I would like to highlight the areas of information technology, banking, water management and renewable energy.” he said.