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On October 19 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan met with the representatives of the International European Movement.

The Secretary of the International European Movement Diego Pinto noted that the goal of their visit to Armenia was to promote the rapprochement of relations between the civil societies of the two neighbor countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the creation of the atmosphere of trust. Diego Pinto noted that the Movement had implemented different programmes in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, promoting the dialogue between the conflicting societies during different conflicts and after them and the formation of the atmosphere of trust. The Secretary of the International European Movement noted that they would try to carry out the same thing in the South Caucasus, and especially in the societies of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The representative of Azerbaijan said that through this Movement an opportunity had been given to him to visit Armenia and get acquainted with the Armenian society and going back to Azerbaijan he would tell them about the Armenians’ kind and warm attitude.

Highlighting the goal of their visit to Armenia the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations welcomed their efforts and deemed necessary the active role of the international organizations in the establishment of relations between the Armenian-Azerbaijani societies. According to Arak Zakaryan, the readiness of only one side is not sufficient for the creation of the atmosphere of trust and the establishment of dialogue: it is necessary that the Azerbaijani authorities would realize and highlight it. “I have also said about this during a parliamentary meeting in Baku last year,” the Committee Chairman said. Artak Zakaryan noted that every year the society of Armenia reads anti-Armenian propaganda, speeches on the atmosphere of hatred and war coming from Azerbaijan. And it cannot have a good reflection on the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The Committee Chairman has noted that the Armenian side does the utmost for solving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict through peaceful means, and he hopes that the efforts made by the Movement will serve to its goal.