Speaker Alen Simonyan of the National Assembly (NA) on Friday received Jaap Frederiks, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Netherlands to Armenia, the NA informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The NA speaker noted that Armenia is concerned about further deepening and strengthening the Armenian-Dutch friendly relations, stressing the development of the parliamentary relations between the legislative bodies. Touching upon the regional issues, he emphasized that our country does not stop making great efforts in establishing long-term peace in the region.

Alen Simonyan underscored that Armenia is ready for signing a treaty on the settlement of peace and relations with Azerbaijan, remaining faithful to agreements reached in Brussels on December 14, 2021, in Prague on October 6, 2022, and in May 2023.

In response, the Dutch chargé d'affaires reacted that to establish peace in the region, it is important that Azerbaijan also recognizes the territorial integrity of Armenia.

Reference was made to a number of issues regarding the further fate of the forcible displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, observing as a priority the unconditional execution of security and rights. They talked about the opportunities of imposing international sanctions on Azerbaijan.

Jaap Frederiks referred to the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Armenian NA, considering it of priority and an important step. He also mentioned that the Netherlands is ready to continuously support the sectoral reforms being implemented in Armenia.