ArmInfo.An Armenian delegation headed by RA President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan is to be on a working visit to Washington, USA, on January 15 to 20, the press office of the RA National Assembly reports.
The Armenian delegation will include Chairman of the Civil Contract parliamentary faction Hayk Konjoryan, MP Maria Karapetyan, Chairman of the parliamentary faction With Honor.
On January 13, Mr Simonyan received the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Lynne Tracy ahead of his working visit to the United States. Agenda themes of the Armenian-American cooperation were touched upon at the meeting. During the talk, ways of cooperation to be implemented in the current year were also underlined. Ideas were exchanged about the legislative reforms related to some spheres.
Mr Simonyan also held a meeting with the RA President Armen Sarkissian. The external and internal challenges facing the country were discussed at the meeting.
They referred to the provocations carried out by the Azerbaijani armed forces in recent days and the militant rhetoric of Azerbaijan.
Ideas were exchanged about the role of parliamentary diplomacy, underlining its importance in the development of international relations.