Meeting of the President of the Hellenic Parliament with the President of the National Assembly of Armenia

The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Mr. Konstantinos Tassoulas, met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Mr. Alen Simonyan, who is in Athens to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament of the Council of Europe member states which begins tomorrow. 

Welcoming his Armenian counterpart, Mr. Tassoulas noted that the Presidents of Parliament and the Council of Europe as a whole aim to "impose a positive agenda on the need for immediate and decisive protection of the environment, which is one of the main topics of the two-day Conference".
After the meeting, the President of the Greek Parliament stated:
"Greece and Armenia share common aspirations, common perspectives having gone through the history of similar trials.

It is known that Armenia has always stood by our country, just as we have stood by Armenia in every situation. We have recognized as a state, as a parliament the Genocide of the Armenians and they have recognized the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontus and Assyria. But it is not only these trials that unite us, they are also the prospects.
At the moment, the Greek Parliament is cooperating with the National Assembly of Armenia in an exemplary European Twinning Program and we are contributing to the completion and expansion of all the necessary procedures for the implementation of Armenia's Partnership with the European Union.

I once again welcome the President of the National Assembly of the friendly country of Armenia for his visit to Athens in order to participate in the Conference of Presidents of the Parliaments of the member states of the Council of Europe here in Athens, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the struggle for Greek Independence "and I consider him one of our great allies in the effort by the Presidents of the Parliaments, the Council of Europe, to impose a positive agenda on the need for immediate and decisive protection of the Environment, which is one of the main topics of our two - day Conference."

The President of the National Assembly of Armenia stated:
"I fully share the views of the fellow President of Parliament of the friendly country of Greece. I am confident that we will jointly contribute to the promotion, improvement and deepening of the relations between our countries and at the parliamentary level and we will make every possible effort in this direction.

I wish you efficient and productive work. "