Armenian FM receives head of Italian delegation to OSCE PA

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandyan received April 23 the head of the Italian delegation to the
OSCE PA, rapporteur on the political and security issues committee
Ricardo Maliori.

Welcoming the guest, the minister said that Armenian-Italian relations
have history of centuries full of mutual sympathy and friendship which
has its new development since Armenia’s independence.

Expressing gratitude for the warm reception R. Maliori highlighted the
close cooperation between Armenian and Italian delegations within the
framework of the OSCE PA.

The parties positively assessed Armenian-Italian bilateral relations
and highlighted the deepening of cooperation between the parliaments.

With the request of the guest Edward Nalbandyan referred to the
pursued efforts at Artsakh conflict settlement and presented the
recent developments over the process of normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations.

R. Maliori said that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not
issue relating only to Armenia and Turkey, but it is an issue which
concerns the whole international community. He said he arrived to
participate in the events dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.