Armenia and Bulgaria discuss possibilities for cooperation deepening
ArmInfo.Chairman of the Armenian Parliament Ara Babloyan in the course of the meeting with Bulgarian Ambassador to Armenia Maria Pavlova Tsodorkova-Kaymaktchieva highlighted the role of parliamentary diplomacy in strengthening bilateral relations and deepening cooperation.
As the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia told ArmInfo, Babloyan stressed the importance of the activity of the parliamentary friendship groups and noted that the deputy Baghdasaryan will lead the soon formed Armenia-Bulgaria group.
The NA Speaker appealed to the constitutional reforms held in Armenia, noting that Armenia is moving to the parliamentary system of government. Babloyan assessed Armenia-Bulgaria relations from the point of view of Armenia-EU relations.
Touching on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, the speaker of the Armenian parliament stressed the importance of the balanced position of Bulgaria on this question that resonates with the common approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the EU.
In her turn, the Ambassador highly assessed the existing relations between the two countries. In this context, she highlighted the role of the Armenian community of Bulgaria in strengthening bilateral relations. The ambassador assured that during his tenure at the post she will do everything possible to further develop and deepen the already established relations. Tsodorkova-Kaymaktchieva, assessing the cooperation of parliamentary friendship groups and interaction at various international parliamentary platforms, noted that the Bulgaria-Armenia group has already been formed.
The interlocutors stressed the importance of expanding and developing cooperation between the two countries in political, economic, cultural, educational and other spheres.