The delegation led by Nabih Berri, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, arrived in Armenia on an official visit

03 October, 2011

On October 3 the delegation led by Nabih Berri, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, arrived in Armenia on an official visit at the invitation of the RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.

In the Park of the National Assembly the members of the parliamentary delegation of Lebanon laid flowers at the memorial perpetuating the memory of the October 27, 1999 crime victims, after which the private talk of the RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and the NA Speaker of Lebanon Nabih Berri was held.

Welcoming his counterpart Hovik Abrahamyan noted that Mr Berri’s official visit to Yerevan was one more evidence of friendship between the two peoples and of the mutual desire for developing the cooperation in different spheres, and especially, strengthening the inter-parliamentary ties between the states. He expressed conviction that Nabih Berri’s visit to Armenia would promote the reinforcment and deepening of bilateral friendly relations in political, trade-economic and many other spheres of mutual interest. “Today, without hesitation, we can document that Armenian-Lebanese relations are at high level and carry on developing in the atmosphere of mutual confidence,” Hovik Abrahamyan stated. The Head of the Armenian Parliament stressed the further development of bilateral relations in all directions.

Expressing his gratitude for the warm reception the NA Speaker of Lebanon emphasized the deepening of cooperation between the two countries, the intensification of inter-parliamentary relations and enlivening of economic relations. Mr. Berri highly appreciated the official visit paid by the NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan to Lebanon in April 2010, and noted that it transformed a new impetus to the bilateral relations and had a big positive resonance in Lebanon. “I should note that our Armenian brothers living in Lebanon, who are involved in both the political and public life, serve as a permanent bridge in the relations of our two countries,” the Head of the Lebanese Parliament noted.

In the course of the meeting the sides touched upon the regional problems, the both sides highlighted the cooperation in the international structures and discussed other issues of bilateral interest, too.

After the private talk the meeting continued in enlarged format.

The members of the delegation led by Nabih Berri visited Tsitsernakaberd, Memorial Complex of the Armenian Genocide victims, laid flowers at the monument of the Genoicide victims. The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament was in the Genocide Museum, and planted a fir-tree in the Memory Park.

On October 3 after the private talk of Hovik Abrahamyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, and Nabih Berri, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, continued in extended format.

At the beginning of the meeting welcoming Nabih Berri and the delegation led by him the RA NA Speaker expressed conviction that the visit would promote the advancement of bilateral relations. In Hovik Abrahamyan’s word, the centuries-long friendship connects the two peoples, which should more strengthen and make closer. The RA NA Speaker highlighted the activation of parliamentary relations and the role of the friendship groups in that matter. He expressed satisfaction for the presence of the deputies of Armenian decent in the Lebanese Parliament, noting with joy that the NA deputy of Lebanon Artur Nazaryan also was in the Lebanese delegation that visited Armenia, and who was the Chairman of Lebanon-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Hovik Abrahamyan highly appreciated the Lebanese authorities’ warm attitude, which he also felt during his official visit to Lebanon last year. The Spaekr of the Armenian Parliament underlined the warm attitude shown towards the Armenian delegation during that visit.

Nabih Berri, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, noted that the relations between Lebanon and Armenia were very warm and expressed hope that his visit would contribute to their reinforcement. He also emphasized the development of the inter-parliamentary relations and proposed to set up a working group, which the heads of the acting friendship groups in two parliaments would lead, where deputies would be involved, as well as representatives of executive power, and which would follow the implementation of treaties signed between the parties, would regularly organize meetings and mutual visits of the representatives of different spheres in Yerevan and Beirut.

Considering acceptable the idea of creating a working group, the RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan noted that it could efficiently function. In his words, in different spheres, particularly, in the spheres of health care, finance and tourism there is big resource of cooperation, which is necessary to use more efficiently and activate the economic relations.

The sides also touched upon the South Caucasus and Middle East regional problems, and considered necessary to solve all the problems through peaceful negotiations.

At the end of the meeting Nabih Berri, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Lebanon, took note in the Book of Honourable Guests, then the Speakers of the two parliaments exchanged souvenirs.

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