Sweden-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Held Its First Session

10 June, 2015

On June 10, 2015 The inaugural session of the reconstituted Sweden-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group was held at the Swedish Riksdag.

In his speech, Ambassador of Armenia to Sweden Mr. Artak Apitonian praised the initiative of re-establishing the Friendship Group, expressing his gratitude to the participants and stressing the important role of the group in promoting inter-parliamentary cooperation between Sweden and Armenia in bilateral and multilateral formats. Ambassador Apitonian introduced the current political and economic situation in Armenia and prospects of development of Armenian-Swedish relations.

The group comprised of the representatives of all political fractions of the Swedish Parliament. The Friendship Group will be chaired by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, member of the Green Party Mrs. Esabelle Dingizian. The position of Deputy Chairman will be assumed by the leader of the Left Party Parliamentary Group Mr. Hans Linde.

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