News
Show news feed

YEREVAN. – Within the framework of its visit to the Czech Republic, the Republic of Armenia National Assembly (RA NA) delegation, led by NA Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov who also heads the Armenia-Czech Republic parliamentary friendship group, on Wednesday met with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Lukáš Kaucký. 

Positively assessing the development dynamics of the Armenian-Czech relations, the sides highlighted the further development of bilateral relations, the NA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. The interlocutors touched upon the necessity of continuity of the RA-EU political dialogue.

The RA NA Deputy Speaker documented that Armenia is resolute with its European colleagues, in terms of expanding and deepening of institutional reform process aimed at democracy and continuous strengthening of human rights and rule of law.

Reflecting on regional matters, Sharmazanov noted that Turkey continues its Armenian Genocide denial policy, keeps its border with Armenia closed, and supports Azerbaijan’s terrorist actions.

“Unlike Azerbaijan and Turkey, the people of Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] build a democratic country,” he stressed. “Both Armenia and Artsakh are the full bearers of the system of European values and civilization.” In this context, the interlocutors considered military rhetoric and a military solution to the problem inadmissible.

Kaucký, for his part, praised the process of democratic reforms in Armenia and highlighted that, as an EU member country, the Czech Republic is ready to support the continuity of democratic reforms in Armenia. Also, the Czech deputy FM lauded the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ adoption—on April 25—of the Resolution on Recognition and Condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

!
This text available in   Հայերեն and Русский
Print
Read more:
All
Photos