On May 26 President of the National Assembly received the newly appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Armenia Mr. Knut Houg (residence in Moscow).

Congratulating the Ambassador Mr. Houg in Armenia on the occasion of starting his mission, the President of the National Assembly expressed his conviction that he would promote to raise the bilateral relations to a new level. The President of the Armenian Parliament stressed that he considered necessary to enliven the Armenian-Norwegian parliamentary contacts.

Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the people of Armenia are grateful to Norway for the humanitarian aid shown after 1988 devastating earthquake. Recollecting Fridtjof Nansen’s contribution to the protection of the rights of the Armenian refugees, who were deprived of their Motherland because of 1915 Armenian Genocide, the interlocutors agreed that Armenian-Norwegian friendly relations had rich history. Both sides said that the existing potential allows developing bilateral economic and cultural contacts.

During the talk the sides also touched upon the issues of regional security and cooperation of Armenia and Norway in international organizations.