Georgy Petrosyan holds a number of meetings in Canada

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Georgy Petrosyan, who is on a seven-day visit to Canada on the invitation of the Hay Dat Committee, held a number of meetings with representatives of the political and party circles of the country.

On February 18-20, Georgy Petrosyan made a speech at the meetings in Toronto and Montreal, dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the Karabakh (Artsakh) national-liberating struggle. In his speech, Head of the NKR Foreign Office noted the necessity to unite the efforts of Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora for the effective resolution of the Karabakhi issue.

In Toronto, Georgy Petrosyan had meetings with the representatives of the Armenian political parties – ARF-Dashnaktsutyun, Ramkavar-Azatakan Party and Hnchakyan Social-Democratic Party, as well as with the members of the Hay Dat Committee. During the meeting, Georgy Petrosyan dwelt on the recent developments in the negotiation process of the Karabakhi-Azerbaijani conflict settlement.

NKR Foreign Minister also met with member of the Conservative Party of Canada and Chairman of the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Harold Albrekht, former leader of the Liberal Party Stephan Dion, member of the Conservative Party Paul Galantray and Head of the Bloc Québécois Party Gilles Duceppe. During the meetings with them, Georgy Petrosyan touched upon the current situation in the Caucasian region in the light of the recent political developments on the international arena. Head of the NKR Foreign Office also dwelt on the fact that recently Azerbaijan had unprecedentedly increased its military potential, and noted that it may have a negative influence on the present political situation and destabilize the whole region. Georgy Petrosyan also underlined that lately Azerbaijan had intensified anti-Armenian propaganda, particularly, that in the information field.

During the meeting with Mayor of Cambridge (Southern Ontario) Doug Craig, a question of declaring Stepanakert and Cambridge sister cities was raised.