HOVIK ABRHAMYAN: "IT’S NECESSARY TO ENLIVEN THE ARMENIAN-HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENTARY CONTACTS"
National Assembly of RA
April 10 2009
Armenia
On April 9, 2009 the Speaker of the National Assembly Mr
Hovik Abrahamyan received the newly appointed Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Hungary to Armenia Mr. Gabor Shagi
(residence in Tbilisi).
The Speaker of the National Assembly congratulated Mr. Shagi on the
occasion of beginning his mission in Armenia and expressed hope that
he would promote rising the bilateral relations at a new level. The
Speaker of the Armenian Parliament stressed that it’s necessary
to enliven the Armenian-Hungarian contacts. In this connection he
informed the Ambassador that he would be happy to host in Yerevan
the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament.
The interlocutors agreed that in the transition period the experience
of the reforms of the Hungarian legislation could be useful for
Armenia. They also touched upon the opportunities of boosting the
bilateral cooperation within the framework of EU Eastern Partnership.
During the talk at the Ambassador’s request Mr. Abrahamyan also touched
upon the issues of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations,
settlement of the Artsakh problem, as well as policy of Armenia.