HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN: "MUTUAL SINCERE SYMPATHY STRENGTHENS THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF ARMENIA AND SYRIA"

National Assembly of RA
June 18 2009
Armenia

On June 17 President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan met
with President of Syria Mr. Bashar аl-Assad, who was on an official
visit in Armenia.

Greeting the guest the President of the National Assembly highly
assessed the role of the late President Hafez аl-Assad in the history
of the policy of the Middle East. He stressed that the Armenian
people would not forget the support that the Syrian people showed to
forcibly immigrated Armenians. The head of the Armenian Parliament
informed his high-ranking guest that in that connection a monument
to the Arab people as a sign of gratitude is being built in Yerevan
on the Syrian Armenians’ initiative.

The interlocutors agreed that a mutual sincere sympathy existed
between the peoples of Armenia and Syria, which strengthened the
friendly relations of the two countries. President Mr. al-Assad highly
assessed the role of the Syrian Armenians’ community in the life of our
country, as well as in the development of relations with Armenia. The
sides agreed that the parliamentarians of the two countries could
make a special contribution to completely realizing the potential of
Armenian-Syrian relations.

During the talk President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik
Abrahamyan and President of Syria Mr. Bashar al-Assad also discussed
the Armenian-Turkish and Syrian-Turkish relations, as well as a number
of issues regarding the stability and security of the regions of the
South Caucasus and Middle East.