National Assembly Vice president meets with President of Chamber of Deputies of Czech Republic
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YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of Armenia-Czech Republic Parliamentary FriendshipGroup Eduard Sharmazanov, who is on a working visit to the CzechRepublic, met with Chairmanof theChamber of DeputiesofCzechRepublic, Jan Hamáček, on January 18. “Armenpress” was informed about this from the office of National Assembly Vice-President Eduard Sharmazanov.
It was mentioned with mutual satisfaction that the bilateral inter-parliamentary relations develop dynamically and actively. The sides positively assessed the close cooperation between the Parliamentary FriendshipGroups and commissions.
Eduard Sharmazanov highly appreciated the assessment of the incidents of 1915 as genocide by Jan Hamáček during his Yerevan visit in December, 2015. Sharmazanov stated that the CzechRepublic was the first country where an exhibition over the Armenian Genocide was organized under the auspices of the parliament.
Vice President of the National Assembly also expressed gratitude for the unanimous adoption of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide by the Chamber of DeputiesofCzechRepublic.
The interlocutors also referred to regional developments. Sharmazanov mentioned that Turkey does not implement its international commitments, which, in his words, may lead to serious threats for the region.
Speaking about Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the National Assembly Vice President stated that the problem must be solved by exclusively peaceful means. “Any militaristic rhetoric of Azerbaijan, as well as any attempts to settle the conflict by force is condemnable. I think that the peaceful “divorce” of the CzechRepublic and Slovakia that took place in 1993 can serve as an example for Azerbaijan”, Eduard Sharmazanov stated.
Chairmanof theChamber of DeputiesofCzechRepublic mentioned that the CzechRepublic supports the efforts of the Minsk Group Co-chairs aimed at the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia reconfirmed Armenia’s readiness to continue the political dialogue with the European Union.