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03, 2011
In Riga President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia Mrs. Solvita Aboltina
Today, after a meeting with the President of Lativa Valdis Zatler, President Serzh Sargsyan laid a wreath at the Monument of Freedom.
Later, the President of Armenia arrived to the Parliament of Latvia. At the meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament Mrs. Solvita Aboltina, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the Armenian-Latvian interparliamentary cooperation. The parties underscored the advanced relations between the legislatures of the two states and noted with satisfaction that friendship groups formed in the two parliaments cooperate successfully and taking into consideration the existing potential are ready to further their interaction.
President Sargsyan also noted that Armenia could learn from the Latvian experience of collaboration with the European Union and reconciliation of the national legislation with the European standards.
In view of the fact that UNESCO named Yerevan the World Book Capital of 2012, while Riga was declared Europe’s Cultural Capital of 2014, President Sargsyan and the Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Mrs. Aboltina assessed it as a new and excellent opportunity to enhance contacts and to develop cultural cooperation between Latvia and Armenia.
In the framework of the official visit, President Serzh Sargsyan together with the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers participated at the opening of the Armenian-Latvian Business Forum.
(President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement at the Armenian-Latvian Business Forum is introduced completely in the section “News” of the Web)
Later, the President of Armenia arrived to the Parliament of Latvia. At the meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament Mrs. Solvita Aboltina, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the Armenian-Latvian interparliamentary cooperation. The parties underscored the advanced relations between the legislatures of the two states and noted with satisfaction that friendship groups formed in the two parliaments cooperate successfully and taking into consideration the existing potential are ready to further their interaction.
President Sargsyan also noted that Armenia could learn from the Latvian experience of collaboration with the European Union and reconciliation of the national legislation with the European standards.
In view of the fact that UNESCO named Yerevan the World Book Capital of 2012, while Riga was declared Europe’s Cultural Capital of 2014, President Sargsyan and the Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Mrs. Aboltina assessed it as a new and excellent opportunity to enhance contacts and to develop cultural cooperation between Latvia and Armenia.
In the framework of the official visit, President Serzh Sargsyan together with the President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers participated at the opening of the Armenian-Latvian Business Forum.
(President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement at the Armenian-Latvian Business Forum is introduced completely in the section “News” of the Web)