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On April 11 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan received the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg.

Welcoming Mr Schwarzenberg in the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan highly assessed his visit with respect to the development of inner-state relations. In the NA President’s word, Armenia is interested in developing the cooperation in all directions with the Czech Republic, taking into consideration also the common goals that Armenia pursues within the framework of the Eastern Partnerership. Touching upon Armenia-EU cooperation, the NA President noted that the European integration was one of Armenia’s foreign political priorities, and the format of cooperation with the European Union had been considerably enlarged during the recent years. Hovik Abrahamyan noted with satisfaction that partnership relations had been established between the parliaments of the two countries, expressing conviction that the parliamentary diplomacy was one of the important levers of enhancing the political dialogue between the countries. The NA President highlighted the cooperation within the frameworks of the international structures.

Thanking for the reception Mr Schwarzenberg noted with satisfaction that Armenia-Czech Republic had a progress, which was displayed by active political dialogue, development of inter-parliamentary relations and cooperation in different spheres. He also highlighted the role of parliamentary diplomacy in inner-state relations.

In the course of the meeting the sides touched upon Armenia’s inner-political issues and post-electoral processes. The Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic deemed important that all international structures had given high assessment to the presidential elections of Armenia and expressed hope that certain shortcomings recorded by the observers would be rectified.

During the meeting the sides referred to regional problems, both stressing that NK issue should be exclusively settled through peaceful means.