Touching upon NK conflict with State Secretary
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Chairs of the NA standing committees on defense, national security and internal affairs and on foreign relations Hrair Karapetyan and Armen Rustamyan had a meeting with Parliamentary State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Defense of Germany, Christian Schmidt. Attending the meeting were RA First Deputy Minister of Defense David Tonoyan and German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Hans-Johen Schmidt.
Armen Rustamyan registered that Armenia's foreign policy is linked to Euro-integration processes and that Armenia is carrying out projects that are particularly aimed at matching the country's security system with European standards. Rustamyan said Armenia is interested in establishing sustainable peace in the region and highly appreciated the cooperation with European partner countries in issues such as Armenian-Turkish relations and a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that falls in line with the principles of international law.
Hrair Karapetyan expressed gratitude for Germany's support in Armenia's defense sphere, particularly military, medicine and military education. Karapetyan introduced the guest to the reforms taking place in Armenia's defense sphere and the legislative amendments, adding that this year the National Assembly will adopt a disciplinary rule book that will specify the rights and responsibilities of officers and soldiers.
Christian Schmidt expressed satisfaction with the Armenian-German military cooperation and voiced hope for more active inter-parliamentary cooperation in that direction. Schmidt expressed gratitude for the Armenian regiment's participation and important contribution to the German forces in Afghanistan.
During the meeting, the sides also discussed issues related to Euro-integration processes, regional security, the development of Armenian-German parliamentary and military cooperation and peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reports the NA press service.
