NKR SPEAKER MET WITH DELEGATIONS OF SOUTH OSETIA AND TRANSDNYESTR
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
09 Sept 2006
On September 4 NKR Speaker Ashot Ghulian met with the delegation of
the Republic of South Osetia, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliyev
and Deputy Minister of Defense and Emergencies Ibrahim Gassiyev. The
delegation visiting NKR on the 15th anniversary of NKR thanked
for hospitality and emphasized that relations between the two
republics are becoming more frequent, which enables development of
cooperation. The speaker of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghulian
expressed willingness to extend cooperation between Stepanakert and
Tskhinvali, namely on the level of parliaments. Besides, the future
visits were outlined. Vahram Atanessian, chair of the Committee of
Foreign Relations and Arpat Avanessian, chair of the Social Committee
were present. On September 5 Ashot Ghulian met with the delegation
of the Moldavian Republic of Transdnyestr, Ljubomir Ribyak, chair
of the Committee of External Relations and Sergey Simonenko, deputy
head of the Department of External Relations of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The speaker of the National Assembly thanked the
guests for arriving from Tiraspol to take part in the celebration,
and emphasized that such visits greatly foster relations between
the two countries. During the talk relations between the two states,
namely parliamentary ties were discussed.
Yuri Hairapetyan, chair of the State and Legal Committee and Semion
Afiyan, senior official of the NKR foreign ministry were present at
the meeting.
Press Secretary Of The NKR Speaker