Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of Armenia’s National Assembly and Chairman of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Body of Armenia, held a series of meetings with members of the European Parliament during a working visit to Brussels, accompanied by Kaspar Karampetian, President of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD).

Saghatelyan and Karampetian met with MEP Hana Jalloul Muro, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the Socialist International, and MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor, who has been involved in various European Parliament initiatives aimed at strengthening relations with Armenia.

The discussions focused on Armenia’s European integration process, domestic political developments, external security challenges, and the steps necessary to establish a just, stable, and lasting peace in the region.

Saghatelyan presented the ARF’s positions on these issues, emphasizing the importance of European institutions in safeguarding the rule of law and guaranteeing the full exercise of political freedoms in Armenia. He also stressed the need for European institutions to play a role in restraining what he described as unlawful actions by Armenia’s authorities.

The participants also discussed the developing relationship between the ARF and various European socialist political organizations, reaching understandings aimed at further deepening cooperation.

The discussions additionally addressed the prerequisites and concrete measures necessary to achieve a fair, stable, and lasting peace in the region.

In a separate meeting, Saghatelyan and Karampetian met with Greek MEP Yannis Maniatis, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group.

The meetings highlighted the ARF’s continued engagement with European political institutions and socialist organizations on Armenia’s political developments, regional security, democratic freedoms, and European integration.