Arsakh interested in establishing ties with Switzerland
On November 10, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited the city of Bern to meet with a group of deputies representing leading parties of Swiss parliament.
A wide range of issues related to life in Artsakh, bilateral relations, the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement process and regional developments were discussed during the meeting.
President Sahakyan underlined that Artsakh was interested in establishing firm ties with the Swiss Confederation and underlined the development of inter-parliamentary ties in that context.
Bako Sahakyan noted that the NKR is especially interested in Swiss experience in agriculture and education spheres. He put a special emphasize on cooperation with Switzerland in developing democracy particularly the institute of local self-government.
The interlocutors stressed the importance of deepening bilateral ties, elaborating and realizing concrete projects.
Participating at the meeting were head of the central information department of the office of the NKR President David Babayan, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland Satenik Abgaryan, secretary of the Armenian-Swiss parliamentary friendship group Sargis Shahinyan.
