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Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with President of the Belgian Senate Sabine de Bethune and President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives André Flahaut in Brussels on Wednesday, January 9, Armenian parliament’s press service said.  

Referring to the reform process in Armenia, Mr Abrahamyan said that irrespective of the challenges of the region, Armenia has steadfastly chosen the democratic path of state building. Armenia is steadfast in continuing to implement deep and comprehensive reforms in line with European standards. European integration policy is the key of not only Armenia’s domestic reforms but also its foreign policy.

Hovik Abrahamyan commented on Karabakh issue, noting that Armenian side’s position is based on three international principles: non-use of force or threat of force, self-determination of peoples and territorial integrity.

Azerbaijan constantly hinders this process, building its policy exclusively on one principle – territorial integrity and thus makes it impossible to talk about compromises, Armenia’s NA Speaker said.

Azerbaijan also distorts the essence of the conflict as well as takes moves to involve other international organizations in the conflict settlement, trying to hinder the negotiation process and pursuing propaganda purposes, Hovik Abrahamyan concluded.