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YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan said he discussed the illegal Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor during his meeting with his Slovenian counterpart Urška Klakočar Zupančič on May 30. 

“During our meeting we discussed the illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor,” Simonyan said in his statement for the press after the meeting. “For about a half year, the entire population of Artsakh is living in conditions of food crisis and humanitarian crisis. Given Baku’s growing aggressive rhetoric, we expect targeted reactions by our international partners,” Simonyan added.

Simonyan said that Armenia highly values the continuous development of relations and expansion of multi-sector cooperation with Slovenia.

“Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two states, and I think our bilateral cooperation has big potential for development. My colleague also mentioned this, we concur over this issue. We also attach importance to cooperation between our parliaments, pointing out the role of the friendship groups in the two parliaments,” he said.

The work for launching dialogue over visa liberalization was also discussed.

The parties also discussed the Armenian-Slovenian economic cooperation and emphasized the need for implementing economic and investment projects.

The Speaker of Parliament thanked Slovenia for supporting a group of children from Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh in October 2022 with the psychological and social rehabilitation program for children affected in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The program has been extended for another two years, Simonyan said.

During the meeting Speaker Simonyan reiterated Armenia’s readiness to consistently contribute to the establishment of peace and stability in the region.

Simonyan stressed that Armenia will continue to make efforts in the direction of further strengthening and enhancing the cooperation with Slovenia, expecting support from Slovenia in establishing peace in the region.

“During the meeting I said that Armenia doesn’t have any territorial claims against any of it neighbors and I asked my colleague to support Armenia’s steps aimed at peace in all international platforms. I am happy to note that I received a positive answer, because my colleague also attaches great importance to peace,” Simonyan said.