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On June 17, the RA NA Deputy Speaker, the Head of the RA Delegation to PACE Hermine Naghdalyan, the members of the Delegation Armen Rustamyan and Naira Karapetyan met with the Member of the Flemish Parliament (Senate) of Belgium Piet De Bruyn. The Head of the ARF Europe Hai Dat/Armenian Cause Committee Office Gaspar Karapetian also attended the meeting.

Highly assessing the high level of the bilateral relations, Hermine Naghdalyan touched upon the cooperation of the Delegations of the two countries in PACE. In this context Mrs Naghdalyan expressed her gratitude to Mr De Bruyn for supporting the Armenian Delegation during the voting of the key issues for our country in PACE.

In the course of the meeting Mrs Naghdalyan referred to the Armenian Genocide recognition. The NA Deputy Speaker underlined that on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial the PACE Statement not only due to the fact Europe expressed its attitude, but also by the fact that Europe became a forerunner of the general fight against genocides in order they never be repeated.

She has highlighted the Belgian delegate’s visit to be paid to Nagorno Karabakh in the upcoming days, noting that it is one more step of the positive attitude towards the Armenian people.

“With that visit you make your contribution to the struggle of Nagorno Karabakh people for freedom and justice as a friend,” the NA Deputy Speaker said.

The Head of the Delegation also touched upon the military aggression unleashed by the Azerbaijani authorities at the beginning of April, presented details about the violations of the norms of the international humanitarian law and conventions and committed atrocities.

Armen Rustamyan presented the phases of the struggle for the Armenian Genocide recognition and the achievements. In his word, it is evident that in case of not condemning such crimes they are certainly repeated. The MP emphasized the joint struggle against genocides.

Naira Karapetyan in her turn has added that the goal of Armenia and the Armenian people is the joint struggle against genocides in order they never be repeated. To his assessment, the joint struggle of supporting the Nagorno Karabakh people is a distinct message to Azerbaijan that any country can ever answer for the actions made.

The guest has opined that the Nagorno Karabakh people should exercise its right to self-determination, and it should be in peace, but not under the pressure of any country.

“I believe that a spade should be called a spade, say that it has really been genocide because there are all facts in place,” speaking about the Armenian Genocide said Piet De Bruyn.