European family is unanimous with regard to recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide: Serzh Sargsyan

YEREVAN, 20 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received today members of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee who arrived in Armenia to participate in the 15thsession of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in Yerevan on 19-20 March.

As the Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of the Structure to the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia reports to “Armenpress”, Serzh Sargsyan greeted the guests and viewed the conduct of the Committee’s session in Yerevan as a good opportunity for unconstrained exchange of views on issues concerning EU-Armenia relations and sincere dialogue. Sargsyan voiced hope that the decisions adopted during the session would contribute to the deepening of the cooperation between Armenia and the European Union. The head of state praised the Final Declaration adopted by the Committee, particularly the provisions condemning the greatest crime of the 20thcentury in the year marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The President emphasized the fact that that document adopted by European structures this month was the fourth important message to Turkey, stating that the European family not only remembers the first Genocide of the 20thcentury, but is also unanimous with regard to recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide. Serzh Sargsyan also praised the European parliamentarians’ impartiality in regard to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The members of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee viewed the passing week as useful from the angle of discussing in detail the agenda of the Armenia-EU cooperation and touching upon the perspective of development of the relations hinged on common values.

During the meeting, President Serzh Sargsyan also answered questions regarding Armenia’s foreign policy, regional stability and security, the process of negotiations over a peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and the parliamentarians’ questions regarding other issues.