CO-CHAIR SAYS HE ‘NO LONGER FITS IN HIS SUITS’ AFTER ARMENIAN HOSPITALITY

14:45 | March 20,2015 | Politics

Participants of the 15th session of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary
Cooperation Committee today adopted a statement on the issues
discussed at the two-day meeting, including the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide, Armenia-EU cooperation and it economic prospects.

Sajjad Karim, Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee, said the next session would be held in Strasbourg or
Brussels.

Mr Karim said he was greatly delighted to participate in the process;
he was even more delighted to learn that the statement was adopted
unanimously.

“Both Armenia and the European Union admit that there are problems and
are willing to solve them. With this constructive approach, today we
have all necessary prerequisites for further discussions. I am sure
that we shall see breakthrough in EU-Armenia relations in the future.

I want to assure everyone here that our delegation will so their
best to strengthen solidarity and increase cooperation in the South
Caucasus. As long as I chair the Committee I assure you that Armenia
will have its proper place in the EU,” Mr Karim said.

The Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
also added jokingly that after the warn reception and hospitality
in Armenia he would have to buy new suits for him upon his return to
the United Kingdom as he ‘did not fit in his suits anymore.’