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YEREVAN. – President of the National Assembly (NA), Galust Sahakyan, on Monday received a delegation, led by President Maja Gojković of the NA of Serbia, which has arrived in Armenia on an official visit.

Sahakyan noted that even though Armenian-Serbian relations have a history of many years based on mutual benevolence and support, the fact of backing the two anti-Armenian resolutions in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Winter Session by almost all members of the Serbian delegation to PACE was a surprise for Armenia. In his words, this contradicts the spirit of the age-old friendly relations of the two countries, and Serbia’s official position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Galust Sahakyan considered it necessary to form and active dialogue between the parliaments of the two countries, and noted that as a result, it might be possible to settle the situation created as a consequence of voting of the Serbian delegation to PACE.

Speaker of the Armenian parliament noted that one of the priorities of Armenia’s foreign policy is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the resolution of which Armenia sees within the framework of only format accepted by the international community—the three OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.

“Despite the fact that Azerbaijan tries to impede the peaceful settlement of the problem in all methods, we will continue to adhere to our position of solving the conflict through negotiations, not giving in to the provocations of the opposite side,” Sahakyan stressed.

Referring to the formation of close economic ties between Armenia and Serbia, the head of the Armenian parliament stated: “We should both use the existing potential for reaching tangible results for the welfare of the two peoples.”

Also, Galust Sahakyan noted that one of the key issues of Armenia’s foreign policy is the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and underscored that Armenia will make all efforts to achieve the international community’s full recognition of this tragedy.

Gojković, for her part, highly evaluated the friendship relations between the two countries, particularly, the deepening of parliamentary cooperation and the intensification of the bilateral ties. Highlighting the partnership within the international organizations, she proposed to intensify cooperation between the two parliaments. She stated that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, on the basis of the Madrid Principles.

She expressed her gratitude to Armenia for supporting Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Kosovo issue.

After the talk in parliament, Galust Sahakyan and Maja Gojković made a joint statement summing up the results of their meeting.

Afterwards, they planted a fir in the Grove of Recollection, in the parliamentary park.

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