RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with the members of the European Parliament, representatives of the delegation to EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Tomasz Poreba and Charles Tannock on the sidelines of his visit to Brussels.

Abrahamyan stressed the European values namely, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms are of great significance to Armenia, RA NA press service informed NEWS.am.

The officials had an in-depth discussion on the Karabakh peace process and recent developments in Armenia-Turkey normalization process. The MPs promised to do their utmost to provide the European Parliament with unbiased information on Armenia’s stance. The sides agreed close borders are unacceptable in the 21st century.

On July 12, the delegation headed by RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan paid a visit to Brussels. Head of RA Parliamentary delegation in Euronest Vahan Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Armen Rustamyan, member of Armenia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Artak Zakaryan, Head of NA staff Gegham Gharibjanyan and RA Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan are included in the delegation.