Republican Party of Armenia

On October 29 at the invitation of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Štěch the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan arrived on a three-day official visit in Prague. The delegation led by the NA President comprises of the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan, the Chairwoman of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Elinar Vardanyan, deputies Karine Atshemyan and Artur Gevorgyan.

Arriving in the Prague Airport the delegation led by the NA President left for Karlovy Vary region, where he had meetings with the Mayor of the Karlovy Vary Petr Kulhánek and the Head of the State Joseph Novotny. In the course of the meeting a series of issues pertaining to the development of the bilateral relations and inter-regional cooperation were discussed. During the meeting with the Mayor of the Karlovy Vary Mr Abrahamyan proposed to establish partnership relations between the towns of Jermuk and Karlovy Vary or declare them sister towns, as the two spa towns are well known with their healing mineral waters and have some commonness. The Head of the Parliament proposed the Mayor of the city to visit Armenia, and particularly, the town of Jermuk, to get acquainted with the town closer and pre-indicate the spheres of cooperation. The Mayor of the Karlovy Vary Petr Kulhánek gladly accepted Hovik Abrahamyan’s proposal, considering it a brilliant idea and stressed that the cooperation between the two towns would promote the tourism and would give one more opportunity to closely get acquainted the two peoples.

During the working dinner with the Head of the State Joseph Novotny the sides highlighted the cooperation between the regions as an important factor aimed at more developing and strengthening the relationship of the two countries. Mr Abrahamyan also proposed the Head of the State to visit Armenia and to carry out activities with one of the Marzes, particularly, Vayots Dzor. The Head of the State accepted with inspiration the NA President’s proposal and noted that they would certainly visit Armenia with the Mayor of the Karlovy Vary and expressed hope that the cooperation would be productive and mutually useful.

In Karlovy Vary the delegation led by the NA President visited the Moser Glassworks Company of world fame, as well as Jan Becher Museum and Jan Becher-Karlovska Becherovka Production Hall. Hovik Abrahamyan and the members of the delegation got acquainted with the sights of the spa town, had been in the Mineral Water Center.

On October 30 the meetings of the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan with the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Milan Štěch, the Chairman of the Czech Republic-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Robin Bőhnisch, as well as the representatives of the Armenian community are also scheduled.