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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER OFF TO KARABAKH
- A delegation headed by the Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, Samvel Nikoyan, left for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on December 12.
The delegation includes Gagik Minasyan, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs, MPs Ruben Gevorgyan, Gagik Gevorgyan and Armen Martirosyan.
In Stepanakert, Samvel Nikoyan will hold meetings with NKR President Bako Sahakyan, Parliament Speaker Ashot Ghulyan and members of the NKR National Assembly. The members of the delegation will also visit Stepanakert memorial complex The delegation will return to Armenia on December 13.
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