YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Armenia’s Parliament Galust Sahakyan on January 18 held a meeting with newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Armenia Maria Pavlova Tzotzorkova-Kaymaktchieva, press service of the Parliament told “Armenpress”.

Congratulating the Ambassador on her new post, the Parliament Speaker expressed confidence the Armenian-Bulgarian relations will further develop and intensify during her tenure.

Galust Sahakyan said the old friendship between the two people, a number of cultural ties are favorable basis to develop the bilateral ties.

From the perspective of strengthening the bilateral relations and deepening the cooperation, the Parliament Speaker attached importance to the role of parliamentary diplomacy, as well as Armenia-EU cooperation within the frames of Eastern partnership.

Speaker Sahakyan attached importance to Bulgaria’s balanced stance over the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in line with the stances of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the EU.

In her turn, the Bulgarian Ambassador highly appreciated the existing relations between the two states, and said the Armenian community of Bulgaria is a bridge on intensifying and strengthening the bilateral ties. She ensured that during her tenure she will do everything possible to further develop and deepen the existing relations.

The sides also attached importance to the close work between the parliamentary friendship groups and the deepening of mutual partnership in various international parliamentary platforms.

Other issues of bilateral interest were also discussed at the meeting.