Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan arrived in Lebanon on a three-day official visit on April 11.

A face-to-face meeting with the Speaker of Lebanese parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri was followed by enlarged talks. Describing the Armenian-Lebanese ties are historical, Mr. Berri noted that the parliaments of both countries should do their utmost to boost economic cooperation.

For his part, Mr. Abrahamyan stressed the necessity to encourage Armenian and Lebanese businessmen to make investments, thus facilitating development of economic relations between Yerevan and Beirut.

He also hailed mutual visits of parliamentary delegations, which would boost cooperation between the two countries and invited his counterpart to visit Armenia again.

In discussion of regional problems, Mr. Abrahamyan thanked Mr. Berri for mentioning Karabakh people’s right to self-determination during his visit to Armenia and emphasized that Nagorno Karabakh can never be a part of Azerbaijan.

The two men also referred to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations.

Besides, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Armenian and Lebanese parliaments was signed.

The Armenian delegation included Gegham Gharibjanyan, leader of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan, as well as parliament members Martin Sargsyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Araik Grigoryan, Armen Martirosyan and Vahe Enfiadjyan.