On May 10, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Petros Efthymiou, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian mentioned that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is a well-established format of inter-parliamentary cooperation and Armenia actively participates in the activities of that institution.

The sides discussed a number of OSCE agenda issues.

In the course of the meeting the sides exchanged views on the recent developments in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. In this respect the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stressed the importance of creating an atmosphere of confidence through the consolidation of cease-fire and withdrawal of snipers and underlined that a peaceful settlement of the issue has no alternative.