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Vice President of the European Union Jacek Protasiewicz visited Nagorno-Karabakh Republic where he met with President Bako Sahakyan. According to the NKR president’s website, the meeting involved discussion of Karabakh-European relations, Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement efforts, and issues of regional development.
Bako Sahakyan commented that official Stepanakert requires the establishment and continual strengthening and institutionalization of relations with the European Parliament and other
European structures. NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan, member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Tevan Poghosyan, and Director of the European Friends of Armenia, Eduardo Lorenzo Ochoa, were also present at the meeting along with other officials.
Jacek Protasiewicz also met with the Chairman of the NKR National Assembly, Ashot Ghulyan.
Following his visit with Bako Sahakyan, Jacek Protasiewicz met with reporters for a press briefing where he said that discussions involved the Madrid Principles and their implementation for resolving the conflict. He went on to say that the conflict must be resolved by peaceful and democratic means, which can be achieved through the Madrid Principles.
The frequency of visits to Karabakh by European Parliament officials have increased in recent times, despite Azerbaijan’s blacklist of those who visit NKR, a list that consists of more than 300 parliament members, journalists, businessmen, and other prominent figures.
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