Press conference of the RA NA Delegation on the NATO PA 83rd seminar

At May 7 press conference the Head of the RA National Assembly Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Koryun Nahapetyan and the member of the Delegation Tevan Poghosyan touched upon the works of the NATO PA 83rd seminar with the heading “South Caucasus: Geopolitics, Euro-Atlantic Integration and Domestic Challenges” convened in Tbilisi from April 29 up to May 1.

The Head of the NA Armenian Delegation Koryun Nahapetyan said that during the three-day seminar numerous issues concerning the regional problems, which in particular, were relating to the Russian-Georgian relations, the strengthening of Georgia’s democracy and Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey relations. The NA deputy noticed that irrespective of the direction of the issue under discussion, the members of the Azerbaijani Delegation were raising the issue of “the occupied territories” and making bellicose statements. According to him, the Azerbaijanis’ such efforts were failing as a result of constructive position and adequate counter-attacks of the Armenian Delegation.

Koryun Nahapetyan informed the journalists that during the discussions on the theme “Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey: Perspectives of Regional Reconciliation” they also touched upon the NK problem, and in their speeches the members of the Delegation expressed conviction that it was not possible to record serious moves in the negotiations, unless Nagorno Karabakh itself had not been actively involved as a negotiator party.

The member of the Delegation Tevan Poghosyan referred to Georgia’s inner and foreign policy, saying that in Georgia after the shift of power the foreign political direction also had not been changed in joining the NATO, and the daily problem of the economic development continued to remain in the center of the attention of the power and the opposition.

The Head of the NA Armenian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly also noted that within the framework of the seminar and during the meetings with the Georgian Delegation the identity of the Javakhk Armenians, problems relating to preserving their language and culture and their development had been also discussed, and the necessity of re-operating the Abkhaz railway had been touched upon. The high ranking officials of the Georgian Government showed constructive and concerned approach during the discussions.