YEREVAN. – The arms race, which Azerbaijan has unleashed, threatens regional stability.  

Armenian National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov stated the aforesaid, on Thursday in Minsk, Belarus, during his talk with Speaker Vladimir Andreichenko of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. 

The Armenian NA vice-chair underscored the high level of Armenian-Belarusian relations, Sharmazanov’s staff informs. 

The interlocutors highly appreciated the positive dynamics in interparliamentary cooperation, and recorded that the meetings of the Armenian-Belarusian Interparliamentary Commission are long-established.

Sharmazanov highlighted the collaboration in international arena and the more active engagement within international organizations. 

Reflecting on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the Armenian parliament vice-chair stressed that the arms race, which Azerbaijan has unleashed, threatens regional stability. In his turn, Andreichenko noted that Belarus favors solely a peaceful settlement to this conflict.  

The parties pointed that the trade and economic collaboration between Armenia and Belarus is considerably below the level of political relations between both countries.   

Eduard Sharmazanov and Vladimir Andreichenko expressed a hope that a wide array of issues of mutual interest would be discussed during the seventh session of the interparliamentary commission on cooperation between the NAs of Armenia and Belarus.