Republican Party of Armenia

 On June 17 the Head of the NA Armenia-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group Artak Davtyan and the members of the Group met with Martin Pätzold , deputy of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rapporteur on Armenia and Georgia in the Standing Committee on the Affairs of the European Union of Bundestag. Reiner Morell, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of FRG to the RA, attended the meeting.

During the meeting the members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group expressed conviction that it is necessary to use all formats of cooperation, make the meetings of the Friendship Groups regular for the exchange of information and discussion of issues of mutual interest. The sides highlighted the organization of the events and discussions on the genocide in Germany, having big Turkish community, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A proposal was made to use the opportunities existing in the spheres of inter-regional cooperation, economy, culture, education, agriculture for activating the partnership.

Sharing the necessity of the development of cooperation in inter-parliamentary relations and different spheres with the Armenians deputies’ viewpoints, Martin Pätzold assured that he would do his best in the mentioned all directions for activating the cooperation.

During the meeting other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.