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Italy Senate deputy speaker on Armenia: We are in a country which goes on democratic way

News.am, Armenia
Dec 5 2018
Italy Senate deputy speaker on Armenia: We are in a country which goes on democratic way Italy Senate deputy speaker on Armenia: We are in a country which goes on democratic way
17:23, 05.12.2018
                  

YEREVAN. – President of the National Assembly (NA), Ara Babloyan, on Wednesday received a delegation, led by Vice President Paola Taverna of the Italian Senate. The delegation is in Armenia within the framework of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly observers’ mission on the occasion of Sunday’s snap parliamentary election in the country.

Babloyan stressed that Armenia lauds the activities of observation missions in the preparations for and holding of elections, and which is indispensable in the development of democracy.

Touching upon Armenian-Italian relations, the speaker of Armenia’s parliament noted that the country highlights the dynamically developing relations with Italy, and based on the historical connections between the two peoples.

Babloyan recorded that the Italian Armenian community as well as the common historical, cultural, civilizational, and democratic values unite the two countries and further strengthen their relations. The NA chairman expressed his gratitude to the authorities and people of Italy for their warm disposition towards the Armenian community in their country.

Taverna, for her part, stated that this visit of theirs to Armenia will promote the further deepening of age-old friendly relations between Italy and Armenia.

“Now, we are in a country which goes on democratic way,” the deputy speaker of the Italian Senate added, “and we wish to help in strengthening that process.”

At the guests’ request, Ara Babloyan reflected also on the events unrolling in Armenia, the forthcoming early parliamentary election in the country, and the regional matters.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS