Armenia is determined to jointly expand, with the European partners, the institutional reforms aimed at the continuous strengthening of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

Armenian National Assembly (NA) Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov, who is in the Czech Republic on an official visit, stated the aforementioned at his talk Tuesday with Vice-President Zdeněk Škromach of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

They underscored the importance of mutual visits and NA-Senate cooperation in further strengthening and enhancing Armenian-Czech relations.

Speaking on the avenues for the settlement the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sharmazanov stressed that Armenia favors solely a pacific settlement. Škromach, for his part, noted that he likewise advocates only a peaceful resolution of conflicts.

At the end of the talk, Eduard Sharmazanov invited the deputy chairman of the Czech Senate to the Armenian capital city of Yerevan to attend the Armenian Genocide centenary commemorations.