Armenia highlights the peaceful solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to provide stability and security in the region and highly appreciates the role of the USA in this issue as OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair country, the Chair of the Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Armen Ashotyan said at the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia Richard Mills.

In Ashotyan’s words, Armenia expects more addressed approaches from the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

According to the parliament release, Ashotyan highly assessed the bilateral relations also at the inter-parliamentary level. In this context Armen Ashotyan highlighted the efficient cooperation between the relevant Committees of the two countries’ parliaments and the activation of the contacts between the parliamentary Friendship Groups.

In his turn Ambassador Mills congratulated Armen Ashotyan on being elected in the post of the Committee Chair and emphasized the deepening of the inter-parliamentary cooperation.

“The Standing Committee of Foreign Relations is one of the key structures of the parliamentary diplomacy. We expect to continue already formed partnership with the Committee, now under your skillful leadership and with new members, and record new and new achievements on the way of strengthening of bilateral relations,” Richard Mills said.

Referring to the directions of cooperation of the two countries, in his word the Ambassador has underscored that Armenia-USA relations are firm. At the end of the meeting the sides also talked about the further cooperation and works to be done.