YEREVAN. – Within the framework of his work visit to Bern, Switzerland, Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan on Monday had meetings with the speakers of Iranian and Kuwaiti parliaments. 

Armenian-Iranian relations are on a high level and they continue to develop in an atmosphere of mutual trust, Abrahamyan said during his meeting with Ali Larijani, Chairman of the Parliament of Iran. In Abrahamyan’s conviction, cooperation between Armenia’s and Iran’s legislative bodies also greatly contribute to establishment of warm relations between both countries, NA Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

In his turn, Ali Larijani delightfully noted that inter-parliamentary cooperation and bilateral partnership in different directions became more active following his official visit to Armenia. In the interlocutors’ conviction, cooperation between the two countries has a considerable potential in the economic sector, too. 

Abrahamyan and Larijani also discussed regional developments, reflected on the Karabakh conflict and the Armenian-Turkish relations, and underscored regional stability, peace, and security.  

On the same day, Armenian NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan also met with Jassem Mohammad Al-Kharafi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait. 

Abrahamyan noted that Armenia gives great importance to developing multilateral relations with Arab countries, including Kuwait. In his words, the two peoples are interlinked through the centuries-old friendship, which serves as a basis for the dynamic development of inter-state relations. Hovik Abrahamyan also stressed the development and activeness of inter-parliamentary cooperation, and the cooperation within international organizations.       

In his turn, Al-Kharafi likewise underscored the development of inter-parliamentary ties in strengthening relations between both countries, and also invited Hovik Abrahamyan to Kuwait for an official visit.

The interlocutors also reflected on other matters, and stressed the importance of further intensifying trade and economic ties and carrying out concrete projects.