ACCORDING TO RA FOREIGN MINISTER, PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY IS BEST WAY OF DEVELOPMENT OF INTERSTATE RELATIONS
NOYAN TAPAN
Ju ly 2
The current state of Armenian and German parliaments’ cooperation
and its prospects, issues related to cooperation of National Assembly
and Bundestag deputies at international organizations’ parliamentary
assemblies were discussed during the July 1 meeting of RA Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Berlin on an official visit,
with Chairman of Bundestag’s Caucasus deputy group Steffen Reiche.
S. Reiche presented the deputy group’s initiatives, in particular,
the preparatory work of opening Joseph Lepsius House-Museum in
Potsdam. He invited the RA Foreign Minister to take part in the
official opening ceremony.
E. Nalbandian said that parliamentary diplomacy is one of the
best ways of developing relations between the states. He welcomed
Bundestag deputies’ initiatives in the respect of further deepening
of Armenian-German relations.
At the German deputy’s request the RA Foreign Minister presented
Armenian side’s approaches over the normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations, as well as the prospects of the negotiations process of
Nagorno Karabakh settlement.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign Ministry Press and
Information Department, the same day E. Nalbandian also met with
Gunter Pilarski, the Chairman of the Chronimet company. The investment
programs implemented by the company in Armenia and the prospects of
their extension were discussed during the meeting.