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NA Speaker  raises issue of  Armenian PoWs  in Baku with European  Parliament Vice-President 

NA Speaker  raises issue of  Armenian PoWs  in Baku with European  Parliament Vice-President 

ArmInfo. Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, brought to the attention of Nicolae ?tefanu?a, Vice-President of the European Parliament,  the issue of Armenian prisoners of war  being held in Baku prisons, as well as the cases of missing persons.

According to the NA press service, the parties also discussed  prospects for cooperation between the National Assembly  of the  Republic of Armenia and the European Parliament, the Armenia-EU  relaions, and issues regarding the ongoing democratic reforms in  Armenia. Regional developments were also addressed.  

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