On October 13, the delegation of the Armenian National Assembly met with President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Petros Efthymiou.

Abrahamyan expressed hope the close cooperation between Armenian National Assembly and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will develop and become more effective.  He highly appreciated the role of OSCE PA in the development of inter-parliamentary dialogue.

Armenian Speaker stressed the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly always had the Karabakh peace process in the limelight and stressed the mediation of Minsk Group Co-Chairs as the only effective format for peace process. Armenia is consistent with the peaceful settlement of the conflict and attaches importance to creation of atmosphere of confidence for constructive talks to be underway.

Referring to the Karabakh peace process, Petros Efthymiou emphasized the conflict resolution has no alternative. He stressed Minsk Group is the most effective format for conflict settlement and OSCE PA backs its efforts.  According to him, Karabakh problem cannot be shifted to another format.

Petros Efthymiou accepted Abrahamyan’s invitation to visit Armenia.

On October 13, the delegation headed by Hovik Abrahamyan met with representatives of Greek Armenian community. Following the meeting, Abrahamyan participated in the reception on the 19th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. At his request, Greek Parliament Speaker Philippos Petsalnikos and OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou also attended the event.

On October 14, the official delegation headed by Hovik Abrahamyan will leave for Cyprus from Greece.