On August 25, Mr. Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia received Mrs. Marina Dolgopolova, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Armenia, on the occasion of the completion of the Ambassador’s mission in Armenia.

Saying that she had lived and worked for five and a half years in Armenia and that it had been a considerable part of her life, Mrs. Dolgopolova characterized those years as being both interesting and responsible. Being the first Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Armenia, Mrs. Marina Dolgopolova highlighted that high-level political ties were established between the two countries.  Especially when touching upon the inter parliamentary relations she noted that during this period there was a transfer from the parliamentary friendship group to the creation of the committee of inter parliamentary cooperation, three sittings of which have been already taken place. There were also official mutual visits of the Presidents of the Parliaments. After the forthcoming parliamentary elections of Belarus on September 28, in the newly established parliament new committee personnel of cooperation with Armenia will be created, and the regular meeting will be held in Minsk. Mrs. Dolgopolova reissued the invitation of the visit of Mr. Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly to Minsk, after the regular elections. She also expressed hope that the MPs will participate in the works of observation mission within the framework of OSCE PA and CIS IPA, for getting familiarized with the Belarus experience in place, and for the improvement of which the exchange of the Armenian experience is very important, as already appreciated by the OSCE and International structures.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus thanked the President of the National Assembly for displaying professionalism and a warm human attitude during their joint work. She  noted how important was the promotion of the President of the National Assembly and the promotion of the parliament for her productive work  as an Ambassador and other Ambassadors’ works.

The President of the National Assembly, Mr. Tigran Torosyan, highly assessing the works of Mrs. Dolgopolova in Armenia, wished success in her further activities and certified that she would stay the relative of our country. According to Mr. Torosyan the next Ambassador should make great efforts aiming to preserve and develop high level of the executive relations. The President of the National Assembly wished success to the Belarus people in their parliamentary elections, assuring that the MPs will participate in the observation mission within the framework of international structures.

Other issues of mutual interest were also debated during the meeting.