Armenpress: Armenia eager to develop ties with UK, Speaker Simonyan tells Leader of House of Commons Penny Mordaunt

09:52, 8 June 2023

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Alen Simonyan and his delegation have met with Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Speaker Simonyan said that his visit to the UK is a good chance to discuss issues related to cooperation between the two countries, and added that Armenia is eager to bring relations with the UK to sustainable grounds and develop ties.

The brief meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on June 1 in Chisinau, as well as UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty’s visit to Armenia were also discussed.

Simonyan commended the programs carried out by the UK for the strengthening of the parliament’s capacities.

Members of the delegation also discussed regional security with their British colleagues and presented the situation resulting from the Azerbaijani aggression.

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