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On July 2-4, the delegation headed by the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Ruben Rubinyan is in Warsaw to take part in the works of the joint session with the Committee on Foreign and European Union Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

The deputies from My Step Faction and Anush Begloian, from the Prosperous Armenia Arman Abovyan and from the Bright Armenia Arman Babajanyan are also in the RA Parliamentary Delegation.

During the joint session the Armenian and Polish MPs made reports on the RA-EU relations, regional security and the cooperation and stability in the South Caucasus, as well as the Armenian-Polish bilateral relations.

In his welcoming remarks the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Ruben Rubinyan touched upon the Armenian-Polish bilateral relations, highlighting the role of the parliamentary diplomacy. In this context the parties expressed conviction that the cooperation between the two respective Committees, familiarization with the experience within the framework of legislative activities, holding joint discussions in the spheres of mutual interest will further promote bilateral ties between the Parliaments of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Poland. It was noted that the organisation of joint hearings, mutual visits, active cooperation on international platforms will serve the purpose as well for the implementation of the abovementioned goals.

With regards to the RA-EU cooperation agenda, the Committee Chair expressed his satisfaction over the ratification of the RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement by Poland and expressed hope that the national parliaments of the EU other countries also would possibly quickly ratify the Agreement.

Regarding the Nagorno Karabakh problem, Ruben Rubinyan underlined the imperative of exclusively peaceful settlement of the conflict in line with the principles of the international law.

At the end of the meeting the parties signed a Joint Statement, designing to hold the next joint session in Yerevan in 2020.