On October 18 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan received Bernard Piras, Member of the French Senate, Mayor of Bourg-les-Valence.
Welcoming the Senator the RA NA President noted that they knew Mr Piras in Armenia as a sincere friend of the Armenian people, who during his political activity as Senator, Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group and Mayor of Bourg-les-Valence, had big contribution to the reinforcement of the Armenian-French friendship. “You have always been next to our compatriots of
Expressing his gratitude for the reception the Senator Piras also highlighted the strengthening and deepening of relationship between
In the course of the meeting the sides also touched upon the Safarov case. Strictly condemning the Hungarian-Azerbaijani deal and noting that international community adequately responded to that fact, RA NA President expressed conviction that we should give an adequate response also to that phenomenon and take concrete steps in order it didn’t become a precedent. The NA President has noted that the Armenian xenophobia is campaigned at state level, which should be a sufficient basis for the international community to understand that in no case and dimension Artsakh could be part of a country, which heroizes murderer Safarovs. Bernard Piras said that as a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate he had been assigned to prepare a report on the actions of
During the meeting other issues were also discussed.