Monday, October 23 2017 16:03

ArmInfo.On October 23, the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov received the deputies from Mexico Blancu Margarita Quat Dominguez, Maria Cristina Teresa Garcia Bravo, Carlos Hernandez Miron and the  persons accompanying them.

Sharmazanov, welcoming the guests, noted that the visit of Mexican  deputies is notable for the fact that this year marks the 25th  anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between  Armenia and Mexico.  Touching upon bilateral relations, the NA Vice  Speaker expressed confidence that the work of the friendship groups  formed in the parliaments of the two countries will open a new page  and raise the existing, even higher level, existing relations both in  political and economic and other spheres.

The Vice Speaker of the National Assembly expressed his condolences  in connection with the disaster - the recent earthquake in Mexico,  noting that the Armenian people are well aware of the pain of the  Mexican people. The priorities of the foreign policy of the Republic  of Armenia are touched upon at the meeting.  Speaking about the  process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Sharmazanov noted:  "Our struggle is for justice and prevention of genocides." We do not  consider any people as enemies, including Turkish, but we believe  that it is the Turkish people, first and foremost, who need to  recognize the Armenian Genocide and face to face with their history,  as the policy of denial and falsification can generate new genocides  and disasters."

Sharmazanov said that next year marks the 70th anniversary of the UN  Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide  adopted on December 9, 1948, so Armenia will launch new initiatives  in this context.

Speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sharmazanov turned to  the two resolutions passed by the previous Mexican parliament in  2011, noting that they were not only anti-Armenian, but also directly  contradicted by the international community. "The UN issued a mandate  to solve the problem to the co- chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group.  In international structures we must take steps that do not contradict  the assessments of the international community. This is a matter of  human rights protection, and not a territorial dispute - the people  of Artsakh has as many rights to independent life as a citizen a  subject of the former USSR, "the vice-speaker of the National  Assembly stressed.

The principle of implementation of the right of nations to  self-determination was defended by the head of the deputy group of  friendship Mexico-Armenia Blanca Margarita Kuata Dominguez and member  of the delegation Carlos Hernandez Miron.

Dominguez expressed her confidence that their visit would give a new  impetus to the development of the existing relations between the two  countries, for which they, using the parliamentary platform, are  ready to do everything possible. The guests were interested in  Armenia's transition to the parliamentary system of governance,  considered the RA as a gateway to the markets of the EAEU and other  neighboring countries.