On July 19, Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan met with his Iranian counterpart Ari Larijani on the sidelines of the 3rd world conference of speakers of parliament.

The officials made a point of the memorandum on mutual understanding, signed during Larijani’s visit to Armenia in 2009, RA Foreign Office press service informed NEWS.am.

The RA NA Speaker stressed the two states have great potential for economic cooperation. To enhance the bilateral inter-parliamentary ties, Hovik Abrahamyan invited Ali Larijani to Armenia.

The sides attached significance to the cooperation within international agencies, noting at the times of regional conflicts and crises the Armenian and Iranian authorities adopted a balanced stance.

The diplomats also touched upon Armenia-Turkey normalization and the Karabakh peace process, stressing the conflicts should be solved through negotiations for regional security and stability.

Later, Abrahamyan held meetings with Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, UAE Speaker of the House of the Federal National Council. The Armenian Speaker appreciated high the UAE’s balanced foreign policy at a regional and international level. He expressed content with progress in Armenia-UAE relations and made a point of the achievements in the bilateral trade and economic ties. Abrahamyan offered to make the visits of the inter-parliamentary delegations frequent.

In his turn, Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair highly assessed Armenia’s efforts to ensure regional peace and stability and reconcile relations with neighbors.