Armenia counts on political support of Czech Republic to liberalize visa regime with EU

YEREVAN, May 19. /ARKA/. On May 19, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan received a Czech delegation led by the First Vice President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Jiří Růžička.
The sides were said to have expressed satisfaction with active cooperation over the last years between the parliaments of Armenia and the Czech Republic.
Both sides also highly appreciated the cooperation between the Friendship Groups functioning in the National Assembly of Armenia and the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.
Taking into consideration the fact that in the second half of the current year the Czech Republic will assume the presidency in the Council of the European Union, Alen Simonyan noted that Armenia expects the political support of the Czech Republic in launching the dialogue on the visa liberalization.
He also emphasized the Eastern Partnership Program within the framework of the presidency of the Czech side, as because of the change of geopolitical realities its de-integration is noticed.
Alen Simonyan added that the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement opens new perspectives for deepening cooperation not only with the European Union, but also with member countries, including the Czech Republic. -0-