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Sargsyan: Armenia is interested in intensifying dialogue with OSCE PA

Yerevan September 30

Mariana Mkrtchyan. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during the
meeting with the Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly, Kristian Vigenin, stressed that this regular visit to
Yerevan testifies that the Parliamentary Assembly is interested in
developing a political dialogue with the RA, including in the context
of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. ArmInfo
was informed about this in the press service of the Armenian leader.

Sargsyan stressed that Armenia is interested in intensifying this
dialogue and attaches importance to the role of parliamentary
diplomacy. According to the Armenian leader's conviction, Vigenin's
visit is a good opportunity for an exchange of views on the current
level of Armenia-PA OSCE cooperation and prospects for development of
cooperation, and a number of issues of mutual interest were also
touched upon.

At the same time, the Armenian leader noted that the OSCE PA is an
important platform in the OSCE region, including for discussing
security issues in the South Caucasus and dialogue, as well as
creating favorable conditions for an exclusively peaceful settlement
of conflicts.

According to Sargsyan, the parliamentarians should be as cautious as
possible in the implementation of this mission and concentrate efforts
on using the platforms for dialogue, and not voicing mutual
reproaches, for finding other points for reconciliation, noting that
unfortunately it turns out that even the most successful sites are
used to sow enmity and deepen it, which is unacceptable.

Vigenin noted that the Parliamentary Assembly had good relations with
the parliamentary delegation of Armenia in the OSCE PA. The Special
Representative presented to the Armenian leader the goal of the visit
to the region and the results of the meetings.

The interlocutors exchanged views on the negotiation process of the
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. Sargsyan presented the efforts of Armenia
and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the peaceful settlement
of the conflict.