On September 7, the delegation on an official visit to Uruguay, led by the RA National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Head of the Armenia-Uruguay Parliamentary Friendship Group Eduard Sharmazanov and comprised of the MPs Sukias Avetisyan and Mikayel Manukyan, had a joint meeting with the representatives of International Affairs Committee and Uruguay-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group in the House of Representatives of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
The parties highlighted the necessity to support each other within the Inter-parliamentary Union. Members of the Armenian delegation expressed willingness to boost the intensification and advancement of the two countries’ interparliamentary ties.
Referring to the NK conflict, Eduard Sharmazanov mentioned that Artsakh is never going to be part of
Member of the House of Representatives of Uruguay Rubén Martínez Huelmo, in turn, mentioned that the exercise of the right to self-determination of Artsakh people needs to be supported. Members of the Armenian delegation expressed their gratitude to the Uruguayan parliamentarians for visiting Artsakh in 2013 and today also keeping high morals.
At the meeting they also touched upon the international recognition ad condemnation of the Armenian Genocide. The Uruguayan party stressed that the entire world should condemn the Armenian Genocide.