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On June 24, the RA NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov received the MP of the City of Buenos Aires Gustavo Vera.

Welcoming the guest’s visit to Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov highly assessed the Armenian-Argentinean comprehensive relations and noted that they develop adequately and naturally. He highlighted the rapprochement and development of the relations with the Argentine Parliament for the adoption of the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide recognition and condemnation.

At the meeting the interlocutors paid a key attention to the visit of the Pope of Rome Pontiff Francis to Armenia: The NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov assessed the visit of the Pope of Rome Francis to the country which was the first to adopt Christianity, historical and significant in terms of consolidating the Christians of the whole world and preaching love and peace.

In this context, touching upon the regional problems, Eduard Sharmazanov presented the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan towards Nagorno Karabakh, which distinguished with a number of military crimes committed by the Azerbaijani military force both by the military and the civilians. He noted that Turkey, keeping Armenia under blockade already for 23 years, openly showed support to Azerbaijan. The NA Deputy Speaker considered inadmissible the use of double standards on such issues, underlining: “Nagorno Karabakh people have the right of free will and living free, as the peoples of other countries.” And the residents of Nagorno Karabakh have already expressed their will in 1991, getting out of the USSR through referendum. “Nagorno Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, as its aspiration of freedom is endless,” the NA Deputy Speaker noted.

The MP Gustavo Vera also touched upon the visit of the Pope of Rome Francis to Armenia and assessed it with its special importance and goals. The Argentinean MP also highlighted the strengthening of the ties with our country, presented the activities of the Pope Francis, where the struggle against wars, racism and terrorism, the refugees’ problems, the exclusion of the discriminative attitude have a special place.

In the course of the meeting other issues of bilateral interest were also discussed.