YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with Vice President of Bundestag Edelgard Bulmahn Wednesday.

The Armenian President recalled with warmth his visit to Germany on April 5-7, as well as the meetings with the country’s leadership.

Sargsyan underscored the importance of holding high level visits, including the current visit of Ms Bulmahn, in terms of strengthening the bilateral ties. He also attached importance to the role of the inter-parliamentary cooperation in the development of interstate ties. Apart from this, the President highly appreciated the financial and technical support provided by Germany.

For her part, Ms Edelgard Bulmahn noted that Bundestag attaches importance to the strengthening of inter-parliamentary ties with Armenia.

The sides also touched on the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, specifically the discussions in Bundestag and the circulated resolutions. In this context, Bundestag Vice President underscored the importance of such discussions in the country’s parliament, presenting the essence of the resolution and its purpose.

Ms Bulmahn also inquired about the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict normalization and the mediation efforts of the international community, specifically the OSCE Minsk Group. President Sargsyan briefed her on the situation in the conflict zone, as well as on the Armenian side’s position regarding the normalization.