Sharmazanov to the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: "Statements of Latvia that contradict the official position of the EU are unacceptable"

ArmInfo. The delegation led  by the NA Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, in the composition of the  deputies of the National Assembly Samvel Farmanyan and Suren Manukyan  met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of  Latvia, Andrei Pildegovich.  The Ambassador Extraordinary and  Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Tigran  Mkrtchyan attended the meeting.

During the meeting, issues related to the development of the  Armenian-Latvian parliamentary relations and the consistent  cooperation of Armenia with the European Union were discussed. Vice  Speaker of the National Assembly appealed to the Agreement on the  comprehensive and expanded partnership of the Republic of Armenia -  EU, signed in Brussels on November 24, stressing that the document  opens a new page in the history of relations between Armenia and the  European Union. According to him, Armenia has always stated about the  priority of close cooperation with the EU.

At the meeting, the sides also discussed issues of regional security.  The Vice Speaker of the National Assembly noted the unacceptability  of Turkey's closure of the border with Armenia, stressing that this  state withdrew from the Zurich protocols and put unacceptable  preconditions in the process of normalizing relations.

Turning to a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict,  Sharmazanov noted that the Armenian point of view on this issue is  consonant with the official position of the EU. "Both the Minsk  Group, the European Union and the Republic of Armenia support the  settlement of the problem exclusively through peaceful negotiations  on the basis of three well-known principles (non-use of force,  territorial integrity of states and the right of the people to  self-determination), while Azerbaijan, distorting reality, the  integrity of this package. It is strange and incomprehensible that  some EU member states, including Latvia, signed a declaration on  strategic cooperation with Azerbaijan, in which of the three known  principles s stands apart only the principle of territorial integrity  This is contrary to the official position as a Minsk Group, and the  European Union, which once again confirmed by the EU on November  24,".