Monday, May 14 2018 17:57

ArmInfo.Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov met on May 14 with a delegation headed by Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Bjorn Soder.

According to the press service of the Parliament, Vice-Speaker of the  National Assembly stressed the importance of expanding all-round  mutually beneficial cooperation, intensifying contacts with Sweden.  He appealed to the activities of parliamentary friendship groups and  the effective interaction of delegations at inter-parliamentary  platforms. Sharmazanov, highly appreciating the condemnation of the  Armenian Genocide by the Swedish parliament in the matter of  preventing such crimes, stressed the importance of universal  recognition and condemnation of genocides. He invited his colleagues  to discuss the possibility of organizing an exhibition in Sweden  under the motto "Parliamentarians against genocide" to mark the 70th  anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the  Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly expressed concern over the  fact that Turkey denied the Genocide for more than a century and  stated that the authorities of that country are pursuing a  destructive policy also in the issue of the settlement of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "The Artsakh issue is not a territorial  dispute, but a struggle for self-determination and freedom," the vice  speaker of the parliament said.  During the meeting, the parties also  addressed other issues of bilateral interest.