A delegation led by Speaker of the RA Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan held meetings with Vice-President of the European Parliament László Tőkés, Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP) Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Co-Chairman of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Milan Cabrnoch, Head of the European delegation to Euronest Kristian Vigenin, as well as with Antonio López Istúriz, EPP Secretary General, MEP.

The RA NA press service informed NEWS.am that during the meeting with László Tőkés Speaker Abrahamyan pointed out Armenia attaches high importance to deep cooperation with the EU, especially under the Eastern Partnership (EaP) project inaugurated in Prague on 7 May 2009. The project opens up new opportunities for agreements on more essential cooperation with the EU, including ones for an associate membership agreement with the EU and a free trade zone.

The Armenian delegation also held a meeting with members of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Commission. The sides discussed prospects of the Armenia-EU cooperation as well as regional security and cooperation issues.

The RA NA Speaker stressed that European orientation is one of the priorities of Armenia’s foreign and domestic policy. The sides discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and Armenian-Turkish relations. Members of the Armenian delegation, Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armen Rustamyan and Artak Zakaryan, answered the MEPs’ questions.