Arpine Hovhannisyan receives Ambassador of Timur Urazayev
On June 12, the RA NA Deputy Speaker Arpine Hovhannisyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazayev. The RA NA Deputy Speaker highly assessed the current level of the parliamentary relations between Armenia and Kazakhstan and especially highlighted the Ambassador’s contribution to the expansion and deepening of bilateral relations. By Arpine Hovhannisyan’s assessment, the parliamentary diplomacy can be of key importance in the bilateral cooperation, thus the parliamentarians should effectively use that most important platform. The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazayev congratulated Arpine Hovhannisyan on being elected in the responsible post of the RA NA Deputy Speaker and wished her fruitful work. The Ambassador highly appreciated Mrs Hovhannisyan’s work in the elaboration of strategy on the fight against corruption and presented the measures taken in his country in this sphere. He emphasized the deepening of the Armenian-Kazakh cooperation in different spheres and presented the implemented programmes and steps taken in recent period. The interlocutors touched upon the formation of Armenia-Kazakhstan Friendship Group in the parliament of the sixth convocation and expressed conviction that it will raise the Armenian-Kazakh relations to a new level. The parties also talked about the cooperation in the international parliamentary structures and spotlighted the coordinated work in the issues of bilateral interest.