Co-Chair says he 'no longer fits in his suits' after Armenian hospitality
Participants of the 15th session of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee today adopted a statement on the issues discussed at the two-day meeting, including the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia-EU cooperation and it economic prospects. Sajjad Karim, Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, said the next session would be held in Strasbourg or Brussels. Mr Karim said he was greatly delighted to participate in the process; he was even more delighted to learn that the statement was adopted unanimously. “Both Armenia and the European Union admit that there are problems and are willing to solve them. With this constructive approach, today we have all necessary prerequisites for further discussions. I am sure that we shall see breakthrough in EU-Armenia relations in the future. I want to assure everyone here that our delegation will so their best to strengthen solidarity and increase cooperation in the South Caucasus. As long as I chair the Committee I assure you that Armenia will have its proper place in the EU,” Mr Karim said. The Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee also added jokingly that after the warn reception and hospitality in Armenia he would have to buy new suits for him upon his return to the United Kingdom as he ‘did not fit in his suits anymore.’
