On November 17, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the RA Lee Dohun. The NA President congratulated the Ambassador on the assumption of the diplomatic mission in the RA and wished him success.
The parties emphasized the development of the bilateral relations, stressing the necessity to deepen them, considering the intention of both sides to establish diplomatic representations in Armenia and Korea as a clear proof of this. Lee Dohun mentioned that he is looking forward to the opening of the Korean Embassy in Armenia, when the flag of his country will wave in hospitable and peace-loving Yerevan.
At the meeting, the format of inter-parliamentary cooperation, the effective contacts between the Friendship Groups of Parliaments were discussed.
The interlocutors discussed the security issues of the region, a number of issues regarding the fate of the forcibly displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. “Armenia expects from its international partners, as well as the friendly Korea, efforts to support the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, as it continues to face Azerbaijani encroachments,” Alen Simonyan said.
At the meeting, the broad possibilities of multi-sectoral cooperation were also discussed, which are fertile ground for new mutually beneficial projects.
