On November 23, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan, during his three-day official visit to Syria, met with his Syrian counterpart Mahmoud al-Abrash and officially invited him to Yerevan. The invitation was accepted.

The sides discussed issues related to expansion of inter-parliamentary cooperation, intensification of cooperation within international agencies and others, RA parliamentary press service informed NEWS.am.

Then an enlarged meeting of the Armenian and Syrian delegations took place. The MPs stressed importance of Armenian community’s role in expansion of bilateral cooperation. They also discussed regional problems, the Karabakh peace process and the Armenian-Turkish relations.

The Speakers signed a memorandum of understanding.