Armenian Parliament speaker hosts Estonian, Japanese ambassadors 

ArmInfo.On July 8, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the  Republic of Estonia Riina Kaljurand. At the meeting the priorities of  cooperation of the parliaments of the two countries and the  continuity of cooperation within the framework of the parliamentary  diplomacy were discussed.

"We always follow the activities of the Parliament of Estonia and  emphasize any statement or any other manifestation on the sensitive  issues for us," the RA NA President noted. He touched upon the visit  of the President of the Parliament of Estonia JЃri Ratas to Shushi on  May 24 of this year, characterizing it extremely worrying.

According to Alen Simonyan, the statements made by Mr Ratas in the  depopulated from Armenians Shushi, do not only reflect the breath of  the friendly relations existing between our two countries, but they  contradict the official support of Estonia in the peaceful settlement  of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE PA  Co-Chairmanship. The NA President informed the Ambassador that he  sent a letter to the Speaker of the Estonian Parliament related to  that, where he explained the essence of the conflict and the  aftermath of 2020 disastrous war. The RA NA President expressed hope  that the Estonian colleague will visit Armenia in the near future and  will get acquainted with the situation on the spot, also will meet  the officials representing Nagorno Karabakh.

Thanking the NA President for the reception, the Ambassador of  Estonia expressed hope that in the near future an opportunity will be  given to discuss all the issues with the President of the Estonian  Parliament.  She conveyed the official invitation of the President of  the Estonian Parliament to the NA President, in response to which,  Alen Simonyan repeated his wish to see his Estonian colleague in  Armenia and gladly accepted the mutual invitation.

On July 8, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador  Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Masanori Fukushima.

At the beginning of the meeting, the RA NA President was interested  in the condition of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe,  against whom an assassination attempt was made today.

The sides congratulated each other on the occasion of the 30th  anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between  Armenia and Japan.

Both sides voiced the necessity of cooperation in different spheres  between our countries.

"Japan is the most important partner for us, and Armenia is concerned  about deepening the trade-economic ties, involving Japanese  investments in our country, implementing programmes of students'  exchange in the sphere of education and deepening cooperation in high  technologies, health, tourism and in other directions," Alen Simonyan  stressed.

The interlocutors discussed issues connected with the importance of  regional peace and security.

The Ambassador of Japan highlighted the intensive interaction at  different levels, noting that very often the popular diplomacy  assumes more effective role, helping the classical diplomacy.