President of Armenian National Assembly hosted Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan hosted Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Rowsch Nuri Shaways with his delegation.

As Armenpress was informed from the Public and Media Relations Department of National Assembly, greeting the visit of Deputy Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan hoped that it would be a significant contribution in strengthening and development of relations between Armenia and Iraq.

According to National Assembly’s president, Armenia is willing to deepen relations with Iraq in political, economic and parliamentary spheres. Hovik Abrahamyan highlighted the importance of legal field creation in the development of cooperation. Head of Armenian parliament assured that Armenian-Iraqi economic relations had a great potential and might open up new horizons in promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the future. Hovik Abrahamyan volunteered to support any initiative concerning the development of Armenian-Iraqi relations. Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Nuri Shaways expressed his thankfulness for hospitality and conveyed the greetings of Iraqi President, Prime Minister and head of the Parliament to Hovik Abrahamyan. He noted that Armenian-Iraqi relations had its historical roots.

According to Deputy Prime Minister the aim of this visit is to develop cooperation between the two countries, to try to fill in the gap which has occurred in recent years. Rowsch Nuri Shaways has assured that there are wide prospects for cooperation in all spheres. He shared his plans concerning the opening of Iraqi Embassy in Yerevan. He highlighted the importance of Armenian community in Iraq.