YREVAN. – Acting Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Hayk Chobanyan, who is in Spain for the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2021, met Laura Borras, President of the Parliament of Catalonia, the Ministry of High-Tech Industry from Armenia has informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The interim minister praised the friendly position of the Parliament of Catalonia, both for the recognition of the Armenian genocide and for its position and the statements made during and after the 44 days of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war.

“There are great opportunities – which have not been realized – for the development of cooperation between Armenia and Catalonia, and it is a good opportunity to start new active activities in this direction”, he said. -he adds.

In addition, Chobanyan thanked the Catalan authorities for their friendly and united attitude towards the Armenian community in Catalonia.

Borras, for his part, said that on May 27, the Catalan parliament unanimously adopted a declaration calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release all Armenian prisoners of war. And on May 17, the President of the Parliament of Catalonia and other Catalan deputies met with representatives of the Armenian community in Catalonia, during which many issues were discussed, including the possibility of declaring April 24 as the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian genocide in Catalonia.