On June 20, Vahan Kostanyan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, received the delegation of the European Parliament’s Security and Defense Subcommittee headed by Natalie Loiseau, the President of the Subcommittee. 

Welcoming the members of the delegation Vahan Kostanyan highly appreciated the principled position of the European Parliament on the issues of primary importance for Armenia, expressing gratitude to the members of delegation for their support.

During the meeting the sides discussed a wide range of issues related to the Armenia- European Union cooperation agenda. The Armenian side emphasized the importance of  the EU mission deployment in Armenia and the EU's efforts aimed at stabilizing the security situation in the region. In the context of the discussed issues, Deputy Minister Kostanyan comprehensively presented the latest developments in the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as highlighted the importance of ensuring the rights and security guarantees of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the request of the members of the delegation Deputy Minister Kostanyan touched upon the efforts aimed at the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.