Thursday, December 2 2021 11:24

ArmInfo.Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on a working visit in Stockholm, met with the Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) Andreas Norlen.   As the press  service of the RA MFA reports, the interlocutors  heartfully recalled the official visit of the Speaker of the Swedish  Parliament to Armenia in 2019.

Ararat Mirzoyan and Andreas Norlen touched upon the prospects of  further development of the friendly relations established between the  two countries, expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation in  bilateral and multilateral platforms. Minister Mirzoyan highly  appreciated Sweden's support, including at the parliamentary level,  for democratic reforms in Armenia, protection of human rights and  rule of law, as well as the fight against corruption.

In the context of further deepening the Armenia-EU partnership, the  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and the  Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag Andreas Norlen exchanged views on the  effective implementation of the Comprehensive and Enhanced  Partnership Agreement.

Minister Mirzoyan presented to his interlocutor the situation  resulting from the 44-day war unleashed against Artsakh, the  infiltration of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the sovereign  territory of Armenia since May 12, and its recent aggression. He  stressed the importance of a proper and targeted response from the  international community in the context of de-escalating and  stabilizing the situation in the region.

Touching upon the humanitarian issues requiring urgent solution,  Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the need for repatriation of Armenian  prisoners of war, hostages, and other detainees held in Azerbaijan,  as well as the need to overcome the humanitarian issues created in  Artsakh as a result of the war.