Belgian federal and Brussels regional parliaments’ members André du Bus de Warnaffe, Emmanuel De Bock, and Pierre Compagnie who visited Artsakh at the initiative of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy held a press conference.
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 21, ARTSAKHPRESS: The head of the office of the Armenian National Committee of Europe Gaspar Karapetyan welcomed the guests and said that the Belgian MPs received great impressions again visiting Artsakh.
Member of Wallonia-Brussels Federal Parliament Andre du Bas de Warnaffe said he sees cooperation areas in a number of spheres.
“Our visit not only aims at revealing Artsakh, but also to find ways for contacts and communication. I especially want to identify 3 spheres where cooperation is possible. The first one is the healthcare field, here we can work together in insurance affairs. The next fields are culture and tourism”, he said.
Andre du Bas de Warnaffe said they will definitely tell about Artsakh, their impressions from here in Belgium.
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“We explain our partners that Artsakh is a country which has a real democracy, people here fight for real values, there is a freedom of speech here. We will tell in Belgium how people here fight for their rights”, he stated.
Another member of Wallonia-Brussels Federal Parliament Emmanuel de Bock said he understands how it is difficult to maintain democratic values in these circumstances.
“We are with you. My visit to Artsakh doesn’t aim to only meet with the local parliamentarians, we want to outline concrete directions of cooperation, understand in which spheres we can jointly work. I think we can intensify the mutual cooperation between the youth of Artsakh ad Belgium. We must take all measures to make Artsakh’s recognition broader”, Emmanuel de Bock said.
Attaching importance to his visit to Artsakh, Belgian MP Pierre Kompany said here he was hosted at a high level.
“Here I understood that people of Artsakh fight for values. The situation forces to pay high cost for that freedom. I think you have already paid dearly for having real democracy here. I want to assure that we are with you”, he said.
Afterwards, the European lawmakers answered the questions of the journalists.