13:36, 8 June 2023

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan and members of his delegation have met with Drew Hendry, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom representing the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Hendry is the SNP Foreign Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Commons.

Regional challenges, post-war issues and consequences were discussed at the meeting, the Armenian parliament’s press service said in a readout.

Speaking about the ongoing Azerbaijani military aggression, the Armenian legislators presented the consequences of the Lachin crisis and spoke about the need to protect the rights of the Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. In this context, the support and targeted statements by international partners were highlighted.

Armenia attaches importance to decentralized cooperation with the UK, the Armenian legislators said.

“The cooperation on the level of local self government supplements interstate relations, and in this context the experience of the UK is highly important for us. In this regard, we ask you to consider the possibility of partnership between Armenia’s local self governing entities and Scotland,” Simonyan said.