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On November 26 the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan being on an official visit in the Republic of Argentina met with the Vice President, the President of the Senate of Argentina Amado Boudou in the National Congress.

The NA President thanked for the official invitation and warm reception and noted that Armenia was greatly interested in developing and deepening of friendly relations with Latin American countries, including Argentina. He highly assessed the current political level of the development of the Armenian-Argentinean relations and highlighted the continuity of bilateral high ranking visits, regular contacts at different levels. By Hovik Abrahamyan’s assessment, the friendly relations of the two countries, as well as formed legal-contractual field serve as a firm basis for full cooperation in the spheres of trade-economy, culture, tourism and other spheres. Despite the fact that Argentina occupies the third place by the volume of foreign investments made in the economy of Armenia due to big financial investments of the well-known Argentinean Armenian businessman Eduardo Ernekian, nevertheless, the volumes of the trade turnover between the two countries do not correspond the existing potential. Mr Abrahamyan has noted that it is necessary to find new practical spheres due to joint efforts for using them at best. “The RA National Assembly is concerned about more developing the inter-parliamentary relations with the two Chambers of the Argentinean Parliament, as all of us realize the big role of this format of cooperation in the development of bilateral relations. I am convinced that our visit will record positive move in the relations of our two friendly states,” the NA President said. He noted with satisfaction that in the two parliaments Parliamentary Friendship Groups had been created, which with their activity could promote the activation of contacts between Armenia and Argentina. Both sides highlighted the cooperation in international structures.

Welcoming and thanking the NA President for accepting his invitation and paying official visit to Argentina, Amado Boudou highly assessed the Armenian-Argentinean friendly relations. He deemed necessary the further development of inter-parliamentary relations, and emphasized the work of the Friendship Groups. “I am confident that your visit will give new impetus to the strengthening of the friendship of the two countries and peoples and will boost the multilateral cooperation. In the development of the relations of the two countries the Armenian community has a big role, which has an important involvement in the political and economic life of Argentina. Armenians have big contribution to the prosperity and development of our country,” the Vice President, the President of the Senate of Argentina Amado Boudou said. He also deemed important the development of cooperation with Armenia in the spheres of economy, science, education, culture and other spheres.

In the course of the meeting both sides touched upon the regional problems, the settlement of the NK conflict and the Armenian-Turkish relations. Hovik Abrahamyan has noted that Armenia highly appreciates the neutral position of Argentina connected with the settlement of the NK conflict, which is consonant with the position of the OSCE Minsk Group Three Co-Chairs. The NA President thanked the Chamber of Deputies for adopting the bill in 2006 and also the Senate, according to which, every year the April 24 in the country is declared as “A day of tolerance and respect between the nations” for the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

Hovik Abrahamyan invited Amado Boudou to Armenia on an official visit: the invitation was gladly accepted.

The delegation led by the NA President took a tour in the building of the National Congress.

Let us note that the meeting was broadcast live on the Central Television of Argentina.