YEREVAN. – The Armenian delegation led by National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, which is in Belarus on a working visit, on Friday traveled to Brest Province and met with Chairman Konstantin Sumar of Brest Province Executive Committee.    

The interlocutors gave a high assessment to the level of Armenian-Belarusian relations, Sharmazanov’s staff informs. The parties also expressed readiness to enhance bilateral relations.  

The NA vice-chair recorded that the geographical scope of Armenian-Belarusian cooperation is gradually broadening. 

The parties remarked that the Armenian-Belarusian economic ties are below the level of political relations. In this context, the interlocutors exchanged views on holding a joint business forum in Brest, to improve bilateral economic ties.  

Following the talks, the Armenian delegation visited the Brest Hero-Fortress memorial, laid a wreath to the tombs of the Unknown Soldier and the eight Armenian soldiers that had fallen during the Soviet resistance against the German invasion in 1941. Eduard Sharmazanov expressed willingness to place, in the area of the memorial, an Armenian cross-stone that symbolizes the friendship between the Armenian and the Belarusian peoples.