Tuesday, March 10 2020 17:55

ArmInfo. The RA NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan met with the Speaker of the National Assembly Maja Gojkovic within the framework of the official to Serbia on March 9-11, the  press service of the RA NA reports.

Welcoming the delegation led by her Armenian colleague in the Serbian  Parliament Maja Gojkovic has noted that this is already the second  meeting after the one held in the frameworks of the  Inter-Parliamentary Union sitting. The Head of the legislative body  of Serbia has noted that the two peoples have historical warm  relations.

Maja Gojkovic mentioned about the assistance shown to Armenia by the  Serbian people after 1988 Spitak earthquake, and during its  transportation the Serbian pilots fell victims of plane crash. She  added that Armenia in its turn was one of the countries that showed  humanitarian aid to those who suffered from the disastrous flood  occurred in Serbia several years ago.

In his turn the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia has  thanked his colleague for the invitation and warm reception and has  reaffirmed the friendly ties existing between the two peoples, where  the Armenian community in Serbia that gets support from official  Belgrade, also plays its role. Ararat Mirzoyan has noted that the  potential of huge political and economic cooperation exists between  the two countries which confidently should be called into life with  joint efforts. The process of visa denial is also characteristic  between the two countries.

The parties discussed the perspectives of deepening the relations  between the two countries, the possible economic cooperation, the  more intensive cooperation of the two parliaments at bilateral level  between the Friendship Groups and Standing Committees, as well as on  multilateral platforms.

While touching upon the conflicts of Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh the  heads of the two countries' parliaments have agreed that despite the  differences existing between them, the peaceful negotiations have no  alternative and have reached an agreement at least not to harm each  other's interests on the international platforms.

At the end of the meeting Ararat Mirzoyan and Maja Gojkovic signed a  Memorandum of Cooperation between the two countries' parliaments and  made statements for the press.

Let us note that before the launch of the official meeting the heads  of the two parliaments laid flowers in memory of the pilots who fell  victims during the plane crash in 1988.