EPP representatives to arrive in Armenia to assess parties
Head of the opposition Heritage parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan met in Brussels Wilfred Martens, former Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European People's Party (EPP). The meeting was attended by Brenda Furniere, Head of EPP President's Office and Eduardo Lorenzo, EU Adviser to the Armenian National Assembly.
At the request of the EPP President, the Heritage representative presented the political situation in Armenia at the threshold of parliamentary elections, his party's position on a series of reforms underway in different spheres, as well as their future steps.
Safaryan hailed the long-term cooperation between Heritage and EPP and the imperative to strengthen the partnership. It was stressed that the Heritage already meets the criteria set for EPP membership.
For his part, Wilfred Martens said that the EPP will send a fact-finding group to Armenia to assess the conformity of the four applicant parties with the EPP criteria.
