YEREVAN. – The first meeting of Sweden-Armenia parliamentary friendship group took place in the parliament of Sweden on Wednesday.

Armenia's Ambassador to Sweden Artak Apitonyan hailed the initiative to create the group, noting importance of its activities in terms of promoting cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats. Ambassador presented political and economic situation in Armenia, prospects for development of Armenia-Sweden relations.

The group is comprised of the members of all political parties represented in the parliament. The group is headed by Deputy Speaker of Riksdag Esabelle Dingizian.