YEREVAN. – President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, Galust Sahakyan, on Tuesday received Japanese Ambassador Eiji Taguchi.

Sahakyan positively assessed the enlivening of Armenia-Japan parliamentary relations in recent years. He expressed hope that the activities of the Embassy in Japan Armenia, in turn, will promote the development and strengthening of bilateral relations, the NA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Touching upon the development and deepening of parliamentary relations, the NA Speaker highlighted the respective role of the friendship groups in the parliaments of the two countries. In his words, there are great expectations in connection with the implementation of joint Armenian-Japanese programs and further cooperation.

Ambassador Taguchi, for his part, noted that Armenian-Japanese relations are developing smoothly and step by step.

Referring to the Sahakyan-led Armenian parliamentary delegation’s visit to Japan, the diplomat stressed that this will give impetus to further develop bilateral relations and actively cooperate in several domains. In the ambassador’s words, during the visit the Armenian parliamentarians will have an opportunity to study the track-record of Japan that transitioned to parliamentary government, and to connect to Japanese culture and history.

Several other matters regarding this upcoming visit also were discussed at the talk.