The Kingdom of Sweden was one of the first countries that responded to the democratic processes that began in Armenia. This is what Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said while making a joint statement with Speaker of the Riksdag of the Kingdom of Sweden Andreas Norlén today.

“It is our honor to host the representative delegation led by the Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden in Armenia. I believe this is Sweden’s position and approach on and to the revolutionary changes and democratic processes that have taken place in our country. I believe it is important to say that the Kingdom of Sweden was one of the first countries that responded to the democratic processes that began in Armenia, and there have been many reciprocal visits to and from Sweden and Armenia. I myself was in Sweden on an official visit at the invitation of the country’s parliamentary speaker in June. After all these meetings, the Swedish government eventually made an amendment to a relevant document and created the opportunity to expand financial assistance to Armenia,” he stated.

Ararat Mirzoyan also stressed that Sweden was part of the program through which international partners would support the electoral system in Armenia. “The program is in the works, and I believe we will sign a memorandum in September. During our meetings, I have expressed gratitude to the parliamentary speaker for the Swedish parliament’s ratification of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement,” Mirzoyan said.

According to Armenia’s parliamentary speaker, there are many examples of the launch of active dialogue between the parliaments of both countries.

In his turn, the Speaker of the Riksdag expressed gratitude for the cordial reception. “We have arrived with a large and representative delegation, and this happens only once in the course of four years during every electoral cycle. I am here with my deputies and the heads of the political parties represented in parliament. We want to express our support to the velvet revolution that took place in Armenia and the reforms in Armenia’s parliament. We are ready to continue supporting the democratic reforms in Armenia in several directions such as democracy, rule of law, environmental protection, gender equality and more,” he stated.