Welcoming speech by the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan during the creation ceremony of the European Union-Armenia friendship group

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.