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On February 7, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to the Republic of Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos.

The NA President congratulated the Ambassador on the occasion of his appointment, wishing him successes during his tenure.

Alen Simonyan noted with satisfaction about the strong friendly relations established between Armenia and Greece, which are based on the centuries-old brotherhood, mutual aid and common values of the Armenian and Greek peoples.

“The Armenian-Greek inter-state relations are at high level, meanwhile the inter-parliamentary cooperation has unrealized great potential. I consider necessary to boost the cooperation between our parliaments also in the format of mutual visits,” the NA President mentioned.

Alen Simonyan highlighted the close collaboration of the representatives of the two parliaments in the international parliamentary different organizations. The NA President highly appreciated the cooperation with Greece within the framework of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, as well as the Greek support to the National Assembly by the Twinning Project.

The interlocutors touched upon the trilateral format of Armenia-Greece-Cyprus cooperation.

Reference was made to the Armenia-EU relations and the existing security problems in the South Caucasus.

Alen Simonyan presented the humanitarian problems caused because of the ethnic cleansing committed against the Nagorno Karabakh people by Azerbaijan.

Christos Sofianopoulos highly evaluated the policy pursued by Armenia in the context of the establishment of peace in the region.

“Greece welcomes and backs the approach of Armenia in the process of establishing peace, as it is based on the international law, on the jurisdiction and is implemented in a diplomatic way. We support Armenia in any way in establishing peace,” the Ambassador underscored.