Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan on Thursday received Francois-Xavier Bellamy, a French Member of the European Parliament and head of the French Republican party delegation in the European Parliament, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

Hovhannisyan thanked Bellamy for his consistent attention in the European Parliament to Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, and existing humanitarian issues under the conditions of the current complex regional challenges, and underscored his visit to the beginning of the Lachin corridor in February.

The interlocutors discussed the current dire humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the illegal blocking of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan for more than 8 months now, which was reflected also on the European Parliament's regional reports, including the latest report on Armenia-EU relations.