Inaugural session of Armenia-Netherlands parliamentary friendship group held in the Hague

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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. The inaugural session of the Armenia-Netherlands parliamentary friendship group has taken place on October 11 in the Hague during Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan’s official visit to the country.

The friendship circle will be co-chaired by Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Alen Simonyan and Dutch MP Joël Voordewind, the Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.

The session was attended by Dutch lawmakers, representatives of the Armenian community and cultural and educational figures.

The parties exchanged ideas over deepening of political, economic, educational and cultural ties between Armenia and the Netherlands, the Armenian parliament's press service said in a news release.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

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