Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament Arevik Petrosyan and member of parliamentary factions held a meeting on February 16 with a delegation led by OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.

The Information and Public Relations Department, RA Parliament, told NEWS.am that Vice-Speaker Petrosyan expressed hope that the visit to the region will enable the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to get acquainted with the regional problems, discuss the Armenia-OSCE relations and numerous other issues of mutual interest. Armenia attaches importance to its cooperation with the OSCE, which assumed an important role in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Vice-Speaker Petrosyan expressed her appreciation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ efforts to ensure a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. She underlined the Nagorno-Karabakh people’s legal demand that the internationally recognized right to self-determination be the basis for the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

Kanat Saudabayev, in turn, expressed conviction that peace talks are the only acceptable way of resolving the problem. To achieve results, the conflicting parties must first of all show good will and be ready for mutual concessions.

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office also listened to the parliamentarians’ opinions.

T.P.