On November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan received the delegation of the members of the Estonia-Armenia friendship group of the Estonian Parliament headed by Mati Raidma.

The Deputy Foreign Minister welcomed the visit of the friendship group delegation to Armenia, stressed the importance of the parliamentary dialogue and expressed hope that the visit of the Estonian parliamentarians will contribute to the expansion of the cooperation between the parliaments of two countries.

During the meeting the sides touched upon the issues of the process of democratic reforms in Armenia, the Armenian-Estonian bilateral agenda, as well as the Armenia-EU partnership.

Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan briefed the Estonian side on the situation caused by the forced displacement of more than 100.000 people as a consequence of Azerbaijan's policy of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Expressed his gratitude for the Estonian Government’s decision to provide humanitarian assistance.