On June 11 the RA NA deputies Ruzanna Muradyan and Karine Poghosyan met with Shahla Mir Galoy Bayat, Member of the Committee on Health Care of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Welcoming the guests, Ruzanna Muradyan highlighted the development of the relations between the two countries, noting that in that issue the Friendship Groups of the two parliaments can have an essential role. Thanking the Iranian authorities for being next to the Armenian people on the days of the Armenian Genocide Centennial and expressing condolence, Mrs Muradyan emphasized the necessity of condemnation of genocides, expressing conviction that if the Genocide perpetrated at the beginning of the 20th century was condemned, then in future other genocides would not occur. In this context it has been noted that the RA National Assembly initiated the creation of a platform of inter-parliamentary cooperation “Parliaments against Genocides,” by which an appeal is made to the parliaments of the world to create such platforms also in their parliaments.
In the course of the meeting the parties also touched upon the women’s equal rights, the activities of the religious organizations, the women’s role in family, the problems relating to the protection of women’s and children’s rights. An agreement was reached for the rapprochement and development of cooperation between the parliamentary women of the two countries.