The delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Yury Vorobyov arrived in Armenia on a working visit. The Russian colleagues visited our country as part of the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the legendary intelligence officer, the Hero of the Soviet Union Gevorg Vardanyan.
Welcoming the guests to the Parliament in the format of a working meeting, the Vice President of the RA National Assembly, the Co-Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the RA National Assembly and the RF Federal Assembly Hakob Arshakyan underlined that the Committee is a demanded platform for open and constructive dialogue within the framework of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
The regional developments and challenges, the issues of concern to the Armenian side were discussed. Hakob Arshakyan detailed the consequences of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh and Baku’s policy of ethnic cleansing to his Russian colleagues, noting that many humanitarian issues have not been resolved so far. “Armenia expects that the Russian Federation will make efforts to return the Armenian captives to Armenia, as well as to preserve the Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Hakob Arshakyan noted.
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The RA NA Vice President presented the complex process of regulating the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and recorded. “Despite the challenges, Armenia is determined and has a strong political will to achieve sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. One of its important components is the Crossroads of Peace project proposed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. Armenia’s position is the same: We must establish peaceful relations based on mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The RF FA FC Deputy Speaker referred to the importance of the implementation of joint programmes in a number of fields, the promotion of interregional cooperation, presented the steps to be implemented jointly within the framework of various events. Yury Vorobyov underscored the significant role of the parliamentarians in strengthening Armenian-Russian friendly relations.
Touching upon the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Yury Vorobyov stated that Russia has always tried and will continue to support the peaceful settlement of this complex political process.
The RF FA FC Deputy Speaker invited Hakob Arshakyan as an honored guest to the opening ceremony of the final stage of the children’s festival of folk culture Descendants of Traditions to be held in Vologda Region on July 4-7. The offer was accepted by the Armenian side. It was mentioned that children from Armenia will also be invited to the event.
The representative of the Armenian side of the Armenian-Russian inter-parliamentary Committee Gurgen Arsenyan and the representative of the Russian side Kazbek Taysaev touched on the importance of the activation of parliamentary cooperation within the EEU framework. The significant role of the legislators in the implementation of the Crossroads of Peace project was emphasized.
At the end of the working meeting, the NA Vice President proposed to hold the 38th sitting of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee in the second half of the current year in Dilijan.
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