Opposition Armenian MP holds meetings in Belgium

ArmInfo. Deputy of the Armenian Parliament from the opposition faction "Armenia" (Hayastan), Dashnaktsakan Ishkhan Saghatelyan, together with the President of the 

European office of the ARF "Hay Dat" Gaspar Karapetyan, held 

negotiations with the Chairman of the Committee on International 

Relations of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Belgium Els Van Hoff, 

Deputy Secretary General of the Party of European Socialists Janek 

Pauly and the leader of the largest French- speaking party in Belgium 

- MR Gaitan van Heudznhoven.

As Saghatelyan himself reported on his Facebook page, the meeting 

outlined the imperative of realizing the right of return of Artsakh 

Armenians.

The need for international pressure on Azerbaijan and the release of 

Armenian prisoners of war and the military-political leadership of 

Artsakh was also noted, attention was drawn to the facts of ethnic 

cleansing carried out by Azerbaijan in Artsakh, the ongoing 

aggression and the policy of threatening the use of force by 

Azerbaijan.

Saghatelyan pointed out the importance of demonstrating the objective 

attitude of the international community during the COP 29 conference, 

which will be held in Baku this fall.

During the meeting, issues related to the internal political 

situation in Armenia and repeated cases of political persecution of 

opposition figures were also touched upon.

During the meeting with Janek Poley, an exchange of views took place 

regarding the rapprochement of cooperation between European 

socialists and the ARF in various fields, the development of 

inter-party relations, and the promotion of the social democratic 

system of political values in Armenia.