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Armenian and Azerbaijani deputies to meet

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Armenian and Azerbaijani deputies will meet at the State Duma of the Russian Federation on October 22, press secretary of the National Assembly Chairman Nairi Petrosyan told "A1+".

According to her, an agreement had been made a long time ago. Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Boris Grizlov sent a letter to the RA National Assembly Chairman to organize the meeting on October 22. NA Chairman Hovik Abrahamyan expressed gratitude for the proposal and accepted it.

It was decided that there would be five deputies from Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively to participate in the meeting. According to Nairi Petrosyan, the parliamentarians will hold discussions within the framework of the round-table discussion entitled "Current issues facing inter-parliamentary cooperation in modern geopolitics".

Armenian deputies participating in the discussions are RA parliamentarians, chairman of the standing committee on healthcare, mothers and children Ara Babloyan, deputy chairman of the standing committee on economic issues Vardan Bostanjyan, member of the same committee Hermine Naghdalyan, head of the ARF faction Vahan Hovhannisyan and "Heritage" faction representative, member of the standing committee on defense, national security and internal affairs, Vardan Khachatryan.

Let us mention that the Azerbaijani delegation mainly includes representatives of the Human Rights Parliamentary Committee and the Legal Politics and Nation-Building Committee of the Mejlis. Head of the Azerbaijani delegation, chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Mejlis, Rabiyat Aslanova told the "APA" agency that Armenian and Azerbaijani deputies are preparing to discuss the issues concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, the situation in the South Caucasus, the return of refugees and the details regarding the coexistence of Armenian and Azerbaijani communities. Aslanova also said that the meeting is organized by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu.

Let us remind that last year's visit of Armenian and Azerbaijani cultural figures was under the initiative of Aslanova. Among other participants of the meeting to be held on October 22 are the Ambassadors of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Russia, as well as representative of the Russian President on international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvidkoy.