Ambassador of Greece: We support Armenia in any way in establishing  peace

ArmInfo.On February 7, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary  and Plenipotentiary of Greece to the Republic of Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos.

As the RA NA reports, the NA President congratulated the Ambassador  on the occasion of his appointment, wishing him successes during his  tenure.

Alen Simonyan noted with satisfaction about the strong friendly  relations established between Armenia and Greece, which are based on  the centuries-old brotherhood, mutual aid and common values of the  Armenian and Greek peoples.

"The Armenian-Greek inter-state relations are at high level,  meanwhile the inter- parliamentary cooperation has unrealized great  potential. I consider necessary to boost the cooperation between our  parliaments also in the format of mutual visits," the NA President  mentioned.

Alen Simonyan highlighted the close collaboration of the  representatives of the two parliaments in the international  parliamentary different organizations. The NA President highly  appreciated the cooperation with Greece within the framework of the  EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, as well  as the Greek support to the National Assembly by the Twinning  Project.

The interlocutors touched upon the trilateral format of  Armenia-Greece-Cyprus cooperation.

Reference was made to Armenia-EU relations, the existing security  problems in the South Caucasus, particularly the humanitarian  problems caused because of the ethnic cleansing committed against the  Nagorno Karabakh people by Azerbaijan, the process of Armenia-  Azerbaijan negotiations in the context of the establishment of peace  in the region.  Christos Sofianopoulos highly evaluated the policy  pursued by Armenia in the context of the establishment of peace in  the region.

"Greece welcomes and backs the approach of Armenia in the process of  establishing peace, as it is based on the international law, on the  jurisdiction and is implemented in a diplomatic way. We support  Armenia in any way in establishing peace," the Ambassador  underscored.