On December 14, the RA NA Vice President Ishkhan Saghatelyan received the Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Countries of FRG Federal Foreign Office Matthias Lüttenberg and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia Viktor Richter.

Ishkhan Saghatelyan congratulated the Ambassador Richter on assuming the mission and expressed confidence that his tenure would give new impetus to the Armenian-German relations. Armenia is concerned about the development of bilateral effective cooperation, and the FRG, as OSCE Minsk Group participating state, has an important role for the region, Armenia and Artsakh: the NA Vice President said. He has affirmed that Armenia in a difficult period, and in this context the role of Germany as an EU member state in returning Armenian prisoners of war to the Motherland. “We are familiar with the Foreign Minister’s position and the ongoing discussion in the Bundestag on expressing distinct position in in the issue of prisoners of war, for which we are grateful,” Ishkhan Saghatelyan underlined.

The events taking place on the Armenian-Azerbaijani were touched upon. The NA Vice President has informed that the Azerbaijani armed forces continue and the encroachments towards the sovereign territory of Armenia. In this context the interlocutors have underscored that the Nagrorno Karabakh conflict is not solved, it shall be settled under the auspice of the OSCE Minsk Group, excluding the use of force or the threat of use of force. “We shall not stop making our efforts for resolving the problem through peaceful means,” Matthias Lüttenberg stressed.

In his turn Matthias Lüttenberg has highly appreciated the Armenian-German current relations, noting that there is great potential of their development in different spheres. According to the guest, the newly formed Bundestag, as well as the Government of Germany are concerned about the rapprochement of the relations with Armenia.

The interlocutors also referred to other issues of bilateral interest. Ideas were exchanged on the regional problems, demarcation and delimitation, the possible investments, the inner-political issues in Armenia.