13 March 2010
OSCE is watching the activities of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the establishment of regional peace and stability with attention and admiration, chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Joao Soares, told a meeting with the Armenian president.
Soares added that the OSCE attaches special importance to the settlement of conflicts in the region.
In turn, the President of Armenia thanked the chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for a regional visit and expressed his confidence that he will give a new impetus for the establishment of regional peace and stability.
Serzh Sargsyan attached importance to Armenia's cooperation with the OSCE and stressed the assistance of various OSCE institutions to Armenia since the day of its independence.
He also noted that the fragile peace that exists now in the region has been reached, including through the OSCE Minsk Group.
During the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan exchanged ideas with Joao Soares on regional issues, in particular the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Turkish process and the ongoing reforms in Armenia.
The Armenian President also thanked the Chairman of the Foreign Relations of the Swedish Parliament, Chairman Emeritus of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, special representative of OSCE PA chairman on Nagorno Karabakh Goran Lennmarker for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
Armenia attaches special importance to the statements of the foreign ministers of the OSCE member-states on the Karabakh conflict made in Helsinki in 2008 and in Athens in 2009, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian told a meeting with chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Suares on Friday.
According to the news service for the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting the Armenian FM spoke on the recent developments on the process of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
During the meeting the sides also discussed a number of issues related to the OSCE activity.
Nalbandian noted that Armenia high appreciates the role of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for the expansion of the interparliamentary dialogue and that interparliamentary diplomacy plays an important role in the modern system of international relations.
