YEREVAN. – Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan on Wednesday received Syria’s Charge d’Affaires Essam Nayyal.

During the meeting, they discussed issues related to Armenia-Syria friendly relations, inert-parliamentary cooperation and regional problems.

Syrian diplomat informed the Speaker of current situation, adding that his country will soon overcome the crisis.

Hovik Abrahamyan expressed concern over Syrian developments, noting that this affects civilians, including local Armenians. Abrahamyan is hopeful that reasonableness of the Syrian people will lead to speediest solution to the crisis.