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ARMENIA-EU RELATIONS ARE ON GOOD GROUNDS - BRITISH MP
September 18, 2013 | 17:14
YEREVAN. - Armenia underscores the development of relations with the
United Kingdom.
National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan stated the
abovementioned Wednesday during his talk with John Whittingdale,
Vice-Chairman of the British-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group
of the British House of Commons, and MP Stephen Pound.
Abrahamyan highlighted the need to invigorate interparliamentary
cooperation, informs the NA press service. He expressed a conviction
that parliamentary diplomacy is an important lever toward boosting
political discourse among countries. The Armenian parliament chairman
considered it indispensable to carry out specific programs.
Hovik Abrahamyan also reflected on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
and the Armenian-Turkish relations, and stressed the necessity to
form an objective view concerning these matters. In this context,
he highly appreciated the British parliamentarians' visit to Karabakh.
Speaking on Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union, the NA head
noted that this decision is in the best interests of the country. He
added, however, that this decision does not at all mean a suspension,
or a relaxation, of Armenia's political dialogue with the European
Union (EU).
In turn John Whittingdale reaffirmed their readiness to contribute to
the development of bilateral interparliamentary ties and the deepening
of interstate relations. In his words, Europe, and especially theUnited
Kingdom, is interested in developing relations with Armenia.
In the British MPs' conviction, Armenia-EU relations are placed on
good grounds.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
September 18, 2013 | 17:14
YEREVAN. - Armenia underscores the development of relations with the
United Kingdom.
National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan stated the
abovementioned Wednesday during his talk with John Whittingdale,
Vice-Chairman of the British-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group
of the British House of Commons, and MP Stephen Pound.
Abrahamyan highlighted the need to invigorate interparliamentary
cooperation, informs the NA press service. He expressed a conviction
that parliamentary diplomacy is an important lever toward boosting
political discourse among countries. The Armenian parliament chairman
considered it indispensable to carry out specific programs.
Hovik Abrahamyan also reflected on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
and the Armenian-Turkish relations, and stressed the necessity to
form an objective view concerning these matters. In this context,
he highly appreciated the British parliamentarians' visit to Karabakh.
Speaking on Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union, the NA head
noted that this decision is in the best interests of the country. He
added, however, that this decision does not at all mean a suspension,
or a relaxation, of Armenia's political dialogue with the European
Union (EU).
In turn John Whittingdale reaffirmed their readiness to contribute to
the development of bilateral interparliamentary ties and the deepening
of interstate relations. In his words, Europe, and especially theUnited
Kingdom, is interested in developing relations with Armenia.
In the British MPs' conviction, Armenia-EU relations are placed on
good grounds.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am