Republican Party of Armenia

On July 17 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan met with Julia Bläsius , Director of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung/Foundation Regional Office for South Caucasus. Naira Gevorgyan, Head of the Armenian Office of the same Foundation was also attending the meeting.

In the course of the meeting the role of the Armenian Parliament was highlighted in the foreign policy, especially on the path of the European integration, in the problems of the Eastern Partnership and in the sphere of the development of the Armenian-Russian relations.

Touching upon the regional problems the interlocutors discussed the perspectives of possible regional cooperation, especially between the parliaments of the regional countries, talked about the Armenian-Turkish, Armenian-Azerbaijani, Armenian-Iranian and Armenian-Georgian relations.

Julia Bläsius, Director of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung/Foundation Regional Office for South Caucasus expressed readiness to continue and deepen the cooperation.

In the course of the meeting an agreement was reached to hold joint parliamentary hearings between the Foundation and the Committee.

Other issues of the further cooperation of the Foundation and Committee were also discussed.