PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVED A DELEGATION HEADED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, JOAO SOARES

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March 15 2010
Armenia

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received a delegation headed by the
President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Joao Soares.

President Sargsyan highlighted the importance of their regional visit
and noted that by familiarizing with the problems first hand they
were doing very important job. The President of Armenia expressed
confidence that this visit of the OSCE PA delegation would give a
new impetus to the efforts aimed at the establishment of peace and
security in our region.

In his turn, the head of the PA delegation said that OSCE attaches
great importance to the resolution of the conflicts in this region and
underlined that they have been following with respect and admiration
all the efforts of the Armenian President aimed at the establishment
of peace and security in the region.

President Sargsyan expressed thanks to the Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen), Honorary
President of the PA and the Special Representative of the President
of OSCE PA for Karabakh, Goran Lennmarker, who’s a member of the
delegation, for the adoption by the Parliament of Sweden of the
resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. He noted that recognition
and condemnation of the crimes against humanity was the best way to
prevent them.

President Sargsyan stressed the importance of cooperation with the
OSCE PA, praising the assistance of the different structures of
the OSCE to the process of reformation which is being conducted in
Armenia since independence. He also said that fragile peace currently
maintained in the region should be credited also to the efforts of
the OSCE Minsk Group.

The President of Armenia and the President of the OSCE PA discussed
in detail the NK peace process, issues of regional security,
Armenia-Turkey process of normalization, and the process of democratic
reformation in Armenia.