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On June 3 the working meeting of the delegations headed by the RA NA Vice Speaker Samvel Balasanyan and the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Mikheil Machavariani, the Co-Chairs of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee between the RA NA and the Georgian Parliament, was held in Ijevan city of Tavush Marz.

During the meeting the sides discussed a number of issues pertaining to the activity of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, emphasized the necessity to increase work efficiency, stressed the importance of activation and development of collaboration between the two Parliaments, as well as the cooperation within the framework of different international organizations, they also touched upon other issues of bilateral interest.

The necessity of paying more attention to the advancement of parliamentary diplomacy was also underscored in order to solve the existing problems in the two countries, to harmonize in a possible way the legislative field and to deepen the close cooperation.

The Vice Speakers of the Parliaments of the two countries recorded that the Armenian-Georgian inter-parliamentary relations were proceeding in a natural way, yet they could not be considered satisfactory, and it was required to further intensify and make frequent diverse working meetings between the parliamentary groups.

A proposal was made to hold a meeting of such format in Tbilisi in Fall 2011.