American side considers unacceptable Azerbaijan`s encroachments on  territorial integrity of Armenia 

ArmInfo. On October 18, President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Congressional Delegation led by the Chairman of the House  Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the U.S. House of Representatives  David Price. 

Accoring to the press service of the RA NA, after the exchange of  greetings, the sides discussed the aftermath of the aggression of the  Azerbaijani armed forces of September.  The RA NA President noted:  "Despite the fact that in the evening of September 14 by the  mediation of the United States a fragile ceasefire agreement was  reached, nevertheless, after that also the Azerbaijani side regularly  continues violating the ceasefire regime." He expressed his gratitude  to the U.S. authorities, including the numerous Congress members for  giving targeted assessment to recent developments, as well as for the  returned 17 prisoners of war to Armenia recently by the mediation of  the United States. The sides touched upon the Azerbaijani armed  forces invaded to the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan-Turkey  expansionist aspirations.  The American side considered unacceptable  the Azerbaijani encroachments against the territorial integrity of  the Republic of Armenia.

The RA NA Speaker highly appreciated Armenia-U.S. cooperation at all  levels. He highlighted the official visit of the Delegation led by  the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

At the meeting a reference was made to the inter-parliamentary  dialogue and the parliamentary diplomacy.

According to Alen Simonyan, the RA National Assembly membership in  the Congress bi-partisan House Democracy Partnership is very  important. He underlined that this visit is of utmost importance for  the continuity of this format of cooperation.

The Armenian side highly assessed the work of the Congressional  Armenian Caucus of the House of Representatives, including in the  programs supporting Armenia, in showing humanitarian assistance to  Artsakh, in trade initiatives, in the peaceful settlement process of  the Nagorno Karabakh problem and in the recognition of the Armenian  Genocide.

At the meeting the relations of the legislative-executive bodies, the  issues on the parliamentary opposition, and the decision-making  mechanisms were discussed.