Chair of NA Standing Committee on European Integration on Armenia`s  desire to join European family 

ArmInfo.  On April 9, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration and the member of the Committee Tatevik Gasparyan met with the Director of Renovabis  Foundation of the Catholic Church of Germany Thomas Schwartz,  employees and German journalists.

Welcoming the guests to the parliament, the NA deputies highlighted  the programmes being implemented in Armenia with the support of the  Foundation. Arman Yeghoyan presented the spheres of activities of the  Committee he heads and spoke about the aspirations of the Armenian  side to join the European family.

The meeting was held in a Q&A session. The German journalists were  interested in regional developments, the expansion of the Armenia-EU  cooperation, and the processes taking place in Armenia on the eve of  the parliamentary elections.

At the guests' request, Arman Yeghoyan also spoke about the topics  related to ensuring the right to religious freedom in our country,  and the rights of national and religious minorities. The MP informed  that in our country the rights of the latter are protected, and the  Constitution guarantees the mandatory representation of national  minorities in parliament.