YEREVAN, MAY 29, ARMENPRESS. Vice-Speaker of the Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov on May 29 held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Armenia Igor Nazaruk, press service of the Parliament told Armenpress.

During the meeting issues related to the development of inter-parliamentary ties, the cooperation at various international platforms, political and economic relations between the two states were discussed.

Mr. Sharmazanov attached importance to joint work and assisting each other at international platforms, including at the CSTO PA, OSCE PA. The Vice-Speaker highlighted that the Armenian parliamentary delegation in CSTO responsibility zone supports exclusively the peaceful settlement of conflicts, in particular, concerning the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. In this context Sharmazanov expressed confidence that the parliamentarians of the CSTO member states must be committed to the CSTO’s official stance on this issue.

“If we want to solve the issue, we need to understand the reason, and the reason is that Azerbaijan doesn’t recognize the exercise of Artsakh people’s right to self-determination. The people of Artsakh must fully exercise their right to self-determination for the peaceful settlement of the conflict”, Sharmazanov said.

According to him, deepening the inter-parliamentary ties will enable to expand the development of economic relations between Armenia and Belarus, stating that in this sense the membership to the EAEU provides broader opportunities.

In his turn the Belarusian Ambassador congratulated the newly-elected Parliament on the parliamentary elections and assured that the cooperation between the parliaments of both states will continue to develop. Mr. Nazaruk also attached importance to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the frames of the OSCE Minsk Group.

At the meeting agreement was reached to hold the session of inter-parliamentary cooperation commission between the parliaments of both countries in Minsk in summer.