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On July 28 the Vice Speakers of the RA National Assembly Arevik Petrosyan and Samvel Nikoyan received the NKR NA Vice Speaker Artur Tovmasyan. NKR NA Representative in the Armenian Parliament Karen Topchyan also took part in the meeting.

Mrs. Petrosyan and Mr. Nikoyan congratulated their colleague on the occasion of being elected NKR NA Vice Speaker, wishing him effective work and expecting active cooperation.

During the meeting the Vice Speakers of the two parliaments touched upon Armenia-Artsakh inter-parliamentary cooperation, perspectives of the development of parliamentary diplomacy, as well as the decision of the UN International Court on Kosovo.

The Vice Speaker of the NKR Parliament Mr. Tovmasyan opined that the precedent of the recognition of the independence of Kosovo by the UN International Court could also promote the process of NKR international recognition. In this context he also emphasized the role of the inter-parliamentary diplomacy. In his conviction the NKR international recognition will not disturb the negotiation process of NK conflict.

The interlocutors also referred to the latest developments of the negotiation process of NK conflict, the Karabakh problem in the structures of the inter-parliamentary different formats and the issues of presenting the NKR views in those structures.