YEREVAN. - The Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) and the Foreign Relations Committee of Swedish Riksdag (parliament) held a joint session on Tuesday.  The meeting was dedicated to Armenian-Swedish mutual relations and Armenia-EU cooperation. 

Deputy FM Garen Nazarian took part in the discussions and delivered a speech, in which he referred to the development prospects of Armenia-EU relations, and, specifically, the process of the negotiations round the new framework agreement. He also touched on the political, economic and sectoral dialogue and deepened cooperation with the EU institutions.

During the discussions, Mr Nazarian responded to a number of questions of interest to Swedish parliamentarians, which referred to regional developments, specifically, the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, continuing policy of Turkey and Azerbaijan aimed at the blockade of Armenia, Syrian crisis and the ensuring influx of refugees to Armenia.