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KARABAKH PRESIDENT VISITS PARLIAMENT OF ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY
Tert.am
02.12.11
Below is a press release by the public information department of the
Nagorno-Karabakh presidential staff.
On 1 December President of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Bako
Sahakyan visited the parliament of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
and met speaker of the House of Representatives Luis Lacalle, chair
of its standing commission on foreign affairs Maria Elena Laurnaga,
and a group of the House of Representatives and Senate members.
Issues related to life in the NKR, its foreign policy, development
of the Artsakh-Uruguay relations and regional trends were discussed
during the meeting.
President Sahakyan thanked Uruguay for continuous assistance shown
to the Armenian people, adding that our people would never forget the
fact that Uruguay was the first state in the world, which officially
recognized the 1915 Armenian genocide.
According to Bako Sahakyan paths towards independence of Artsakh and
Uruguay had a lot of things in common and it draws the two states
closer to each other.
Touching upon the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement process
the President underlined that official Stepanakert is a proponent of
peaceful settlement, which does not mean that Artsakh is unable to
defend itself or there could be a possibility of return to the past.
The both sides expressed their interest in developing bilateral
relations. President Sahakyan noted that cementing ties with Uruguay
would have a positive effect on the maintenance of peace and stability
in the region as well as on international recognition of the Artsakh
Republic.
After the meeting the Head of the State accompanied by the Uruguayan
parliamentarians visited the sepulcher of Uruguay national hero Jose
Gervasio Artigas.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia in Argentine, Uruguay
and Chile Vladimir Karmirshalyan, head of the central information
department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President David
Babayan partook at the meeting.
On the same day the NKR delegation returned to Buenos Aires.
Tert.am
02.12.11
Below is a press release by the public information department of the
Nagorno-Karabakh presidential staff.
On 1 December President of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic Bako
Sahakyan visited the parliament of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
and met speaker of the House of Representatives Luis Lacalle, chair
of its standing commission on foreign affairs Maria Elena Laurnaga,
and a group of the House of Representatives and Senate members.
Issues related to life in the NKR, its foreign policy, development
of the Artsakh-Uruguay relations and regional trends were discussed
during the meeting.
President Sahakyan thanked Uruguay for continuous assistance shown
to the Armenian people, adding that our people would never forget the
fact that Uruguay was the first state in the world, which officially
recognized the 1915 Armenian genocide.
According to Bako Sahakyan paths towards independence of Artsakh and
Uruguay had a lot of things in common and it draws the two states
closer to each other.
Touching upon the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement process
the President underlined that official Stepanakert is a proponent of
peaceful settlement, which does not mean that Artsakh is unable to
defend itself or there could be a possibility of return to the past.
The both sides expressed their interest in developing bilateral
relations. President Sahakyan noted that cementing ties with Uruguay
would have a positive effect on the maintenance of peace and stability
in the region as well as on international recognition of the Artsakh
Republic.
After the meeting the Head of the State accompanied by the Uruguayan
parliamentarians visited the sepulcher of Uruguay national hero Jose
Gervasio Artigas.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia in Argentine, Uruguay
and Chile Vladimir Karmirshalyan, head of the central information
department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President David
Babayan partook at the meeting.
On the same day the NKR delegation returned to Buenos Aires.