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On June 20, the President of the RA National Assembly received the delegation led by the Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau.

Alen Simonyan welcomed the guests, noting that this visit will give an opportunity to get acquainted with the situation on the spot.

He stressed that our country greatly highlights the definite position of the European Parliament on a number of the most important issues for Armenia. In this context the RA NA President mentioned the issues regarding the Nagorno Karabakh last war, the encroachments of the armed forces of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia, the necessity of the urgent release of Armenian prisoners of war, the blocking of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan and the humanitarian crisis caused as a consequence of it, which were reserved in a series of resolutions and reports of the European Parliament.

“The European Union (EU) continues remaining the primary partner supporting the agenda of the reforms underway in Armenia, and would like to reaffirm our commitment to deepening and expanding the cooperation with the European Union, including the implementation of the provisions of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA),” Alen Simonyan noted.

At the meeting ideas were exchanged on the decision of deploying the EU mission in Armenia, which essentially promoted the establishment of the relative stability on our eastern borders.

Reference was made to the expansion of cooperation with the European Union in the fields of defence and security at the request of providing support to Armenia.