Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdassaryan has taken part in the World Summit of Parliament Heads in New York. The session discussed issues referring to the challenges like poverty, corruption, fight against terror. All those addressing the meeting noted the importance of participation of parliaments in the solving of those issues. During a discussion of the role of parliaments in promoting democracy the chair of the Armenian Parliament made a statement. Advancing "strong parliament, strong democracy" slogan, A. Baghdassaryan noted the importance of the role of parliaments in promoting democracy. He also held a number of bilateral meetings. In the course of a meeting with Russian State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov Armenian-Russian relations, as well as matters of CIS reform were discussed. A. Baghdassaryan and Chairman of the Italian Parliament Ferdinando Casini discussed matters of interparliamentary cooperation, as well as that within international organizations. With Speakers of Belgium Ann-Marie Lizin, Slovakia Pavol Hrusovsky, Georgia Nino Burjanadze matters of their coming official visits to Armenia on A. Baghdassaryan's invitation were discussed. The Armenian Speaker also met with Lithuanian Parliament Chairman Arturas Paulauskas, Belarus Speaker Vladimir Konoplyov, Kyrgyz Parliament Chairman Oburbek Tekebayev, Israeli Knesset Chair Reuven Rivlin. Bilateral cooperation matters were discussed in the course of those meetings.