21:04, 6 April 2023
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Syria Tigran Gevorgyan met with Hammouda Sabbagh, Chairman of the People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Syrian Arab Republic on April 6, ARMENPRESS was informed from the embassy's Facebook page.
During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed issues related to the development and expansion of relations between the parliaments of Armenia and Syria. The parties also exchanged ideas on developing the cooperation of the Armenian and Syrian parliamentarians in various inter-parliamentary platforms.
During the meeting, Ambassador Gevorgyan presented to the Speaker of the Parliament the security environment formed around Armenia, as well as the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh resulted by the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan. The sides exchanged thoughts on Syria-Turkey relations and their latest developments.
Hammouda Sabbagh expressed readiness to send an invitation to the delegation of the National Assembly of Armenia to visit Syria as soon as possible. The chairperson of the Syria-Armenia friendship group, Lucy Iskenian, and the counselor of the embassy of Armenia, Vardan Adamyan, took part in the meeting.