Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Friday


Senior Armenian lawmaker highlights Middle Eastern developments from
perspective of security of Armenia and Artsakh


YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the Standing Committee
on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of Armenia Armen
Ashotyan highlights Middle Eastern developments, since that region is
located near Armenia. In an interview with reporters on December 22
Ashotyan emphasized that the developments in that region are important
from the perspective of the security of Armenia and Artsakh and
regional stability.

“Next year this will become an important direction of parliamentary
diplomacy”, ARMENPRESS reports the MP saying.

He noted that in Armenia people often speak about the relations of
Yerevan with Moscow or Brussels, but often forget about the Middle
East.

According to Ashotyan, Armenia should activate relations with the
Islamic world. “When I say Islamic world, I mean both the Arabic
countries and Iran, as well as the major Muslim countries that have
very little information about Armenia”, Ashotyan clarified.

He reminded that Baku leads a very dangerous policy for Armenia,
trying to generate hostile attitude between Armenia and the Islamic
world. Azerbaijan is not yet able to achieve any success, but these
challenges exist and Armenia just has to activate and expand
interactions and relations with Islamic countries and peoples.