ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Tuesday Mexican MPs visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh Yerevan October 24 Alexander Avanesov. On October 24, members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican United States and the delegation of the Mexico-Armenia friendship group Blanka Margarita Kuata Dominguez, Maria Cristina Teresa Garcia Bravo, Carlos Hernandez Miro accompanied by the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh. The guests were received by the Chairman of the National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan. The head of the parliament noted that the Republic of Artsakh is interested in having friendly relations with different countries. "It is desirable for us that the first acquaintance is systematic, I think this visit is a good beginning for our relations," he stressed. Speaking about the struggle of the Artsakh people, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov touched upon the anti-Armenian propaganda of the Azerbaijani leadership and the military actions that are periodically provoked at the contact line. "The struggle of the Artsakh people is not a fight against Azerbaijan, it is a struggle for their freedom and peace," Sharmazanov added. Answering the question of the head of the delegation Blanqui Dominguez on the reasons for restricting the freedom of Artsakh from Azerbaijan, Ashot Ghoulian noted that thanks to the parliamentary ties it is also possible to represent Artsakh on international sites and torpedo anti-Armenian agitation on the part of Azerbaijan. "Our visit is an excellent precedent for further visits by representatives of the Mexican authorities, and we will cooperate with you, since we believe that freedom and human rights are the highest," Blanca Dominguez said. Stressing the importance of the meeting, Mexican MP Carlos Miro said: "It is very important that at these meetings we raise our voice and call for peace and dialogue." "The Speaker of the Parliament presented the guests with the problems that Artsakh faced on the way to positioning itself in the world. The meeting discussed the course of state construction in Artsakh, the structure of the parliament and inter-parliamentary ties. Summing up the meeting, the head of the parliament expressed his hope that the inter-parliamentary relations formed with Mexico will be deepened in the future. "Anything at first is difficult, but you took on this difficulty, therefore, take into account that you have a friendly country in the person of 150 thousand people of Artsakh," Ashot Ghulyan added. Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Vahram Balayan and Deputy Foreign Minister Felix Khachatryan participated in the meeting. Then a meeting of the deputies of the Mexican United States with representatives of the factions of the National Assembly was held. Welcoming the guests, the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Vahram Balayan noted the importance of such meetings and expressed the hope that Mexico as one of the world's most influential countries will sympathize with the struggle of Artsakh and will help ensure that Artsakh also became one of the world's most recognized countries. During the meeting, Mexican MPs presented Artsakh's parliamentarians their impressions of the visit to Artsakh, touched upon further steps to expand bilateral relations. "Today we are physically present here, we see a serious difference between the Artsakh that we represented and the real Artsakh, which further obliges us to contribute to the fact that your voice has been heard," said Maria Cristina Bravo. Speaking about the history and culture of Artsakh, Carlos Miro presented his observation about the similarity between the cultures of the two countries and called it a base for further interaction. "Let us be a part of the history of Artsakh," the Mexican deputy summed up. "We are also looking for real freedom and know what it means to fight for freedom," Blanca Dominguez said. The heads of the parliamentary factions expressed readiness for further cooperation with their Mexican counterparts and, in this context, identified certain areas. Before the meetings in the parliament in the morning, the delegation visited the Stepanakert Memorial Complex and laid flowers to the monument to the soldiers who died in the Artsakh war.