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The delegation of the National Assembly of Armenia led by Speaker Ara Babloyan takes part in the works of the 138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva (Switzerland) from March 24 to 28.

As the press department at the National Assembly reported, within the framework of the Assembly works the RA NA President Ara Babloyan met with the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong. The meeting took place on the Secretary General's initiative. Issues concerning the procedure of the IPU works, the ways of the rise of its efficiency and the reforms being proposed by the amendments of the IPU Statutes were discussed. Ara Babloyan proposed the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to discuss the possibility of holding events within the framework of the IPU activities in Armenia.

According to the source, the parliamentarians of Armenia took part in the events of different Committees, particularly in the works of the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and Advisory Group on Health, Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, and Standing Committee on Peace and International Security.

The delegation comprises of the RA NA deputies Samvel Nikoyan, Shushan Sardaryan, Lena Nazaryan, Shake Isayan, Karen Avagyan and the RA NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Ara Saghatelyan.