ArmInfo. On January 26, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Hakob Arshakyan, received a delegation led by Manoil Manev, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgaria-Armenia Friendship Group at the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. According to the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Babken Tunyan, Head of the Armenia-Bulgaria Friendship Group, and group members Alkhas Ghazaryan and Esther Ayvazyan, also participated in the meeting.
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly highly praised the interstate relations between Armenia and Bulgaria, based on the warm and fraternal ties between the two friendly nations. He stated that mutual high- level visits have contributed to the development and deepening of effective bilateral cooperation, and that the role of parliamentary diplomacy is of particular importance. Hakob Arshakyan also expressed satisfaction with the recent meeting of the intergovernmental commission between the two countries.
The Deputy Speaker emphasized that the Bulgarian side was proposed to elevate bilateral relations to the level of a strategic partnership. Noting that the peace declaration signed in Washington on August 8 between Armenia and Azerbaijan provides for the unblocking of communication routes, Hakob Arshakyan expressed confidence that TRIPP will open up new prospects for trade and economic cooperation with Bulgaria. In this context, he highly praised the positive response of his Bulgarian partners to the peace process.
