Alen Simonyan, IPU Secretary General discuss details of cancelled  meeting between parliament speakers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. On October 15, Alen Simonyan, the Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, held a  meeting with Martin Chungong, the Secretary General of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU). The parties discussed the details of the cancelled meeting between the parliament speakers of Armenia and  Azerbaijan.  As reported by the press service of the Parliament, Martin Chungong stated that the Azerbaijani side is still open to communication.

In response to this, the Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia replied  that he has reached out to his Azerbaijani counterpart for three days  before his visit to Geneva, following the Inter-Parliamentary  Assembly in Dushanbe.  However, the latter in no way hinted at the  cancellation of the meeting, and the Armenian side learned about it  only upon arrival in Geneva at the Organization's secretariat. Alen  Simonyan also confirmed the readiness of the Armenian side to  continue the dialogue and take concrete steps to prepare both  countries' parliaments and public for peace and its reinforcement,  with the goal of building mutual trust.