Tuesday, November 23 2021 13:27

ArmInfo.On November 23, President of the Senate of the Republic of France Gerard Larcher hosted the Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in  Paris on a working visit. 

As the press service of the RA NA reports, Alen Simonyan expressed  his gratitude to Gerard Larcher for the invitation to take part in  the Forum entitled 'Armenia After One Year.'

The President of the Senate of the Republic of France has thanked the  NA President for accepting the invitation, noting that they  thoroughly follow the situation in Armenia and they are well aware of  the post-war developments.

The counterparts considered remarkable that the Forum would be held  one year after almost unanimous adoption of the resolution on the  Necessity of the Recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic on  November 23, 2020 and after 20 years of the adoption of the law  recognizing the Armenian Genocide by France.

The President of the RA legislative body has affirmed that those  historical events are exceptional manifestations of solidarity  towards Armenia and the Armenian people, and unique examples of  unanimity in the inner-political life of France. In this context the  Armenian side highly appreciated the adoption of the resolutions on  condemning the Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression against Artsakh and the  necessity of the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic by the  two Chambers of Parliament of France, as well as the humanitarian  assistance provided by the French state and different organizations.

The sides have touched upon the provocative and aggressive actions  carried out by Azerbaijan on the border of Armenia, recording that  Azerbaijan violates the November 9, 2020 trilateral statement.

Presenting details on the post-war situation at his colleague's  request Alen Simonyan stressed the call of Armenia to all  international colleagues - to distinctly and targeted respond to  these actions seriously endangering the regional peace and security  by the Azerbaijani side and undertake practical steps in preventing  theme and withdrawal of the armed forces of Azerbaijan from the  republic of Armenia. The parties documented the importance of the  peaceful settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict under  the auspice of and within the framework of the mandate of the OSCE  Minsk Group. 

During the talk the attention was drawn to the urgent settlement of  the post-war humanitarian problems, including the necessity of the  repatriation of all prisoners of war and civilian hostages.

The sides referred to the fire opened in the direction of the  Armenian positions located in the section of the village of Norabak  of Gegharkunik Marz from the Armenian- Azerbaijani border a few hours  ago from the meeting, as a consequence of which the serviceman Suren  Safaryan died. The sides considered the aggressive actions of  Azerbaijan an encroachment also against democracy.

The counterparts talked about the remarkable functions of the  inter-parliamentary cooperation in the development of the inter-state  relations, as well as the dynamics of the Armenian-French  high-ranking political dialogue.

The meeting has been concluded by signing the Agreement of  Cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  and the Senate of the Republic of France, which designs multi-polar  cooperation for the benefit of friendship and solidarity existing  between the two countries.