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Gagik Tsarukyan at the meeting with the NKR Speaker: We need to strengthen our position on the Artsakh issue

Arminfo, Armenia
Feb 2 2019
Ani Mshetsyan

ArmInfo. On February 1, a meeting of the delegation of the faction of the parliament took place in the Artsakh National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  "Prosperous Armenia" headed by party leader Gagik Tsarukyan and  members of the Karabakh parliament.

According to the press service of the NKR Parliament, during the  conversation with the leadership of the faction, the Chairman of the  Artsakh Republic Parliament Ashot Ghoulian welcomed the guests and  congratulated them on the success of the extraordinary parliamentary  elections in the Republic of Armenia.  He noted that, having made his  first visit to Artsakh, the faction confirms its readiness to  maintain and continue to develop the existing relations. 

Ashot Ghoulian stressed the need for continuous improvement of  interaction between the legislative bodies of two Armenian republics,  expressing the hope that as a result of joint work, it will be  possible to expand the framework of parliamentary diplomacy to the  benefit of solving issues of a single agenda.  Head of the Prosperous  Armenia faction Gagik Tsarukyan, expressing gratitude for the  reception, stressed that the purpose of the visit was to acquaint the  newly elected deputies with their colleagues from Artsakh and clarify  the upcoming actions towards the solution of national issues.

During the meeting, the sides also discussed the issue of  comprehensive presentation by the deputies of the Republic of Armenia  of the Artsakh problem at international platforms and ensuring the  protection of the rights of the people of Artsakh in the context of  their non-recognition.  Then an extended meeting was held with the  participation of members of the Prosperous Armenia faction and the  Artsakh National Assembly factions.

Congratulating on behalf of the Artsakh parliamentarians the newly  elected deputies of the Prosperous Armenia faction, NA President  Ashot Ghoulian expressed confidence that the faction will continue to  actively contribute to the further development of bilateral mutually  beneficial relations.

Touching upon the objectives of the visit, Gagik Tsarukyan stressed  the need to transfer issues of pan- Armenian significance to the  practical direction and intensify the consistent efforts of his  faction in the matter of international recognition of Artsakh. "We  are all representatives of one nation, and division is unacceptable  on this issue. On the Artsakh issue, we must continue to strengthen  our common position in order to more quickly achieve our goal of  international recognition. We must be able to convince our  international partners in Artsakh without preconditions" – concluded  Tsarukyan.

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