PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD DISCUSSES WITH PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIA BOOSTING PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS

Syrian Arab News Agency
June 18 2009
Syria

President Bashar al-Assad met on Wednesday with President of the
National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan
and several Assembly members, discussing with them parliamentary
relations between the two countries and the importance of bolstering
these relations to become an element of improving bilateral relations
in accordance to the desire of the two friendly countries and their
peoples.

The two sides stressed the need for exchanging official visits among
parliamentarians from both sides in order to exchange expertise and
benefit from each side’s experiences.

For his part, Abrahamyan expressed happiness over the visit of
President al-Assad to the National Assembly, affirming that the
constructive ideas that were posed during this visit will form the
basis for developing relations between the two countries in the
upcoming stage in all fields, particularly parliamentary fields.

President al-Assad was accompanied during his visit to the National
Assembly by the accompanying official delegation.