LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TO VISIT ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 12, 2010 – 11:11 AMT 06:11 GMT

Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan arrived
in Lebanon on a three-day official visit on April 11.

A face-to-face meeting with the Speaker of Lebanese parliament,
Mr. Nabih Berri was followed by enlarged talks. Describing the
Armenian-Lebanese ties are historical, Mr. Berri noted that the
parliaments of both countries should do their utmost to boost economic
cooperation.

For his part, Mr. Abrahamyan stressed the necessity to encourage
Armenian and Lebanese businessmen to make investments, thus
facilitating development of economic relations between Yerevan
and Beirut.

He also hailed mutual visits of parliamentary delegations, which
would boost cooperation between the two countries and invited his
counterpart to visit Armenia again.

In discussion of regional problems, Mr. Abrahamyan thanked Mr. Berri
for mentioning Karabakh people’s right to self-determination during
his visit to Armenia and emphasized that Nagorno Karabakh can never
be a part of Azerbaijan.

The two men also referred to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations.

Besides, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Armenian and
Lebanese parliaments was signed.

The Armenian delegation included Gegham Gharibjanyan, leader of the
ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan, as well
as parliament members Martin Sargsyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Araik
Grigoryan, Armen Martirosyan and Vahe Enfiadjyan.