STEPANAKERT. - The Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) parliamentary Committees on Foreign Affairs and Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs held a joint meeting Saturday.

The meeting entitled “The military and political situation created as a result of the April war and actions stemming from it” was held in a closed format. After the meeting, Armenian MP Alexander Arzumanyan told Armenian News – NEWS.am that they have regularly held such meetings.

“It was an open, frank and friendly discussion, during which we conferred on the issues related to the foreign policy and defense of Armenia and Artsakh,” he said, declining to provide details.

The joint meeting participants welcomed the Committee Chairmen Zhanna Galstyan Koryun Nahapetyan, Artak Zakaryan and Arzik Mkhitaryan, underscoring the importance of meetings in such a format. 

Deputy Director of the Caucasian Institute Sergey Minasyan, Chairman of the Board of Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) Stepan Grigoryan and head of the NKR Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security Masis Mayilyan were the speakers of the session. 

Exchange of ideas took place, during which the experts provided clarifications on the issues voiced by the MPs.

NKR MPs delivered speeches during the second half of the session. They made a number of proposals related to the strategic directions of a number of foreign, defense and security areas.

The Armenian MPs also had a meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan.