MONITORING IS IMPETUS
Support A1+!RA Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian received the delegation headed by Georges Colombier, the rapporteur on Armenia in the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Colombier told Armenia’s Prime Minister that their visit is aimed at getting acquainted with the situation in Armenia six months after the parliamentary elections and two months ahead of the presidential ones. They are interested in the developments in the country in the pre-election period.
“I’m glad that the reforms in a number of directions have been accomplished, including the amendments to the Constitution, the Electoral Code, the reforms in the judicial sphere, which helped register positive progress in Armenia,” Georges Colombier said. The Armenian Premier welcomed the visit of the PACE Monitoring Committee delegation to Armenia and noted that the monitoring conducted by the Council of Europe is an additional impetus for the implementation of reforms in compliance with the preset schedule.
The parties also turned to the upcoming presidential elections in Armenia, conduct of free and fair elections, issues relating to freedom of speech and plurality of opinions, corruption combat, as well as the recent developments of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
