President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan participated in the second session of the 3rd Congress of the European Armenians held at the European Parliament.

In his speech, Bako Sahakyan touched upon issues related to state building in Artsakh, the country's foreign policy, the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement and regional challenges, NKR president’s press service reported.

According to the President, cooperation with European Parliament is highly demanded both for the European Armenian organizations and Artsakh.

President Sahakyan stressed that the official Stepanakert was genuinely interested in the development and strengthening of relations with Europe considering European countries as friendly states.

Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Great House of Cilicia  Aram I, chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, NKR vice-premier Arthur Aghabekyan, NKR foreign minister Karen Mirzoyan, members of the European Parliament and other officials participated in the event.