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Armenia adheres to European democratic values and continues the process of the institutional reforms, Deputy Speaker of the Armenia’s Parliament, the Head of Armenia-Czech Republic Friendship Group Eduard Sharmazanov during the meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Republic of Slovakia Béla Bugár.

As the press department at the Parliament reported, in the course of the meeting the interlocutors touched upon the Armenian-Slovak inter-parliamentary cooperation in the format of the Committees and parliamentary Friendship Groups. “The development of the Armenian-Slovak inter-parliamentary relations stems from the interests of our states,” Eduard Sharmazanov underlined.

The effective cooperation of the parliamentary delegations of the two countries on the international platforms was highlighted. The interlocutors underlined that there are wide opportunities for bilateral cooperation in different spheres, which will be brought into life as a result of joint efforts.

Sharmazanov next talked about the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and underlined that Armenia and Artsakh see the settlement of the problem exclusively through peaceful negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group format.

Touching upon the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, National Assembly deputy speaker has noted that Turkey's authorities, despising the appeals of the progressive mankind on recognition of the Armenian Genocide, not only don’t recognize and condemn it, but also pursue denial policy by state. In this context Mr Sharmazanov highlighted the joint struggle against Turkish denialism.