YEREVAN. – Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan received on Friday a delegation headed by the Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Group Co-chairs Ueli Leuenberger and Dominique de Buman. They discussed issues of mutual interest and extradition of Azeri killer Safarov by Hungary to Azerbaijan and Armenia-Turkey relations, parliamentary press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The Parliament speaker thanked the Swiss MPs for their visit to Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] and assessed high the level of political dialogue and developed relations in the recent years.

The co-chairs touched upon the Swiss parliament’s pro-Armenian activity, including the recognition of the Armenian genocide in 2003 by the Swiss Parliament and opening of the Swiss Embassy in Armenia. Buman stressed that the delegation is impressed with the visit to Artsakh, where they could see and feel life and reality of free people. 

Leuenberger stressed that the extradition of Azeri killer Safarov by Hungary and Azerbaijani President’s actions following it are inadmissible for them. As for the Armenia-Turkey relations, Turkey should follow the common sense, the MP claimed.