WELCOMING SPEECH BY THE NA PRESIDENT HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN DURING THE CREATION CEREMONY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION-ARMENIA FRIENDSHIP GROUP

10.01.2013

On January 9 in Brussels the delegation led by the NA President
Hovik Abrahamyan took part in the creation ceremony of the European
Union-Armenia Friendship Group.

The Head of the European Union-Armenia Friendship Group Mrs Eleni
Theocharous highlighted the establishment of the Group, expressing
conviction that it would become a beginning of the EU-RA new
cooperation, mutually beneficial economic, political and cultural
active relations would be formed and the inter-parliamentary relations
would develop. To her assessment, Armenia with its past and present
is in the European value system, and Europe, as well as Armenia has
a lot to give to each other.

During the creation ceremony of the European Union-Armenia Friendship
Group the NA President had a welcoming speech.

In connection with the creation of the European Union-Armenia
Friendship Group a Memorandum was signed. The deputies of the European
Parliament and the RA National Assembly had opportunity to have warm
and informal talk for their further activities and programmes.