On December 1, the President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the Argentinean parliament to meet the First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Oscar Aguad, the President of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Atanasof and a group of deputies.

A wide range of issues on internal and foreign policy of Artsakh, development of bilateral relations and Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed during the meeting.

As Artsakh President stated, Artsakh is interested in strengthening cooperation with a friendly state of Argentina. President Sahakyan expressed gratitude to Argentina for Armenian Genocide recognition, noting it as a serious political and moral victory for the civilized world.

Dwelling on Karabakh settlement, Artsakh leader noted Azerbaijan’s destructive policy as the main reason for the standstill.

The Argentinean parliamentarians, in turn, stressed the importance of the meeting, underlining their awareness of the state building process in Artsakh and giving high assessment to the republic’s achievements in promotion of democratic civil society.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile Vladimir Karmirshalyan, head of the central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President David Babayan partook in the meetings, Central Information Department at Artsakh President’s office reported.