YEREVAN, JUNE 19, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ara Babloyan received on June 19 the delegation led by Commissioner for Humanitarian and Foreign Affairs of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Fotiu Fotis.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the parliament of Armenia, greeting the delegation, Ara Babloyan highly assessed the existing political dialogue between Armenia and Cyprus. He dais, “The parliamentary relations between Armenia and Cyprus have entered into a new phase during the recent years thank to joint efforts and today there an excellent inter-parliamentary cooperation today”.

The Speaker of the National Assembly expressed gratitude to the friendly people of Cyprus for extend a helping hand to the Armenians who survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and for recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide in 1975, becoming the first European country to do so. According to Ara Babloyan, Armenia and Cyprus have always supported each other in the issues concerning to the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the Cyprus issue.

The Speaker of the parliament of Armenia hoped that the issues facing Cyprus will receive a just and legal solution.

Ara Babloyan also referred to the mutual support of Armenian and Cyprus parliamentary delegations in international organizations, highlighting the cooperation also on that platform.

Commissioner for Humanitarian and Foreign Affairs of the President of the Republic of Cyprus Fotiu Fotis thanked for the reception, noting that the two countries have a lot of historical similarities and ancient culture on which the friendship of the peoples is based.

Fotiu Fotis also touched upon the Armenian community in Cyprus, which, in his words, has a great role in the strengthening and developing friendly relations with Armenia. He also mentioned that the two states should deepen cooperation in economic, cultural and spiritual domains, struggling together for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the solution of the problems facing the two countries.