Bako Sahakyan visits Argentine parliament

On 1 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the Argentine parliament and met first Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Oskar Aguad, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber Alfredo Atanasof and a group of deputies.  

A wide range of issues related to domestic and foreign policy of Artsakh, development of bilateral relations and the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict were discussed during the meeting.

According to President Sahakyan, Argentine is a friendly state for the Armenian people and Artsakh is interested in developing and deepening cooperation with it in different fields. The President expressed gratitude to Argentine for recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide, adding that it became a serious political and moral victory for the civilized world.

Touching upon the Azerbaijani-Karabagh relations, Bako Sahakyan noted that the main reason of impasse in the conflict settlement is the destructive policy of Azerbaijan, describing it as a variation of terrorism.

The Argentinean parliamentarians considered important the meeting with the NKR President, underlining their awareness of the state building process in Artsakh in particular rating high the achievements the country has registered in building democratic and civil society.

Both sides noted the necessity of developing bilateral ties and carrying out concrete projects in this direction.

The meetings were attended by Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Ambassador of Armenia to Argentine, Uruguay and Chile Vladimir Karmirshalyan, Head of the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President David Babayan, the press office of Artsakh President reported.