“EU interested in expanding cooperation”
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Chairman of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan has been in Brussels since yesterday at the invitation of Chairman of the European Parliament Ezhi Buzek.
Abrahamyan is in Brussels to participate in the EU Eastern Partnership's EVRANEST parliamentary assembly's founding session to be held today. Among participants are the chairmen of parliaments of Eastern Partnership countries. The signing of the founding act and the adoption of the charter of the Euranest parliamentary assembly are envisaged during the session.
Hovik Abrahamyan is scheduled to deliver a speech and last evening, according to the NA press release, Hovik Abrahamyan met with Chairman of the European Parliament Ezhi Buzek.
Ezhi Buzek deemed the deepening of European Union-Armenia relations in bilateral and multilateral formats necessary and in this context, he attached importance to Abrahamyan's visit to Brussels and his participation in the launch of the Euranest parliamentary assembly.
The NA Chairman underlined that the course of integration into European organizations is one of the primary goals of Armenia's foreign policy and it is not by chance that Armenia is the supporter of the establishment of the Eastern Partnership and the Euranest parliamentary assembly and was the first that welcomed the idea of cooperation in this format.
The NA Chairman attached importance to the Retraining Program signed by the European Parliament and the RA National Assembly this year. The program will contribute to the establishment of closer relations between both structures by getting acquainted with the rich experience of the European Parliament.
Hovik Abrahamyan also expressed confidence that Ezhi Buzek's May 18 visit to Armenia will bring a new sweep to the gradually strengthening relations between the National Assembly and the European Parliament.
Ezhi Buzek attached importance to the strengthening of democracy in Armenia and highly appreciated the notable progress in this direction, mentioning that the EU is interested in expanding its cooperation with Armenia. He also deemed it necessary to reinforce economic cooperation and the implementation of investment projects.
