ANDRANIK MARGARIAN: ARMENIA IS CONSISTENT IN HONORING ITS COMMITMENTS
TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE

YEREVAN, MAy 13, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 13, RA Prime Minister Andranik
Margarian met with PACE Monitoring Commission’s Secretary Boni
Teofilova and Commission Co-Rapporteurs George Coloumbier and Jezzi
Jaskiernia. A wide range of issues related to the fulfilment of
Armenia’s obligations to the Council of Europe was discussed at the
meeting attended by members of the Council on Fight against Corruption
headed by Prime Minister. A. Margarian noted that Armenia is
consistent in honoring its commitments and has already taken
significant steps on the way to European integration. Prime Minister
underlined that the RA Anticorruption Strategy and the program of
measures for its implementation have been developed and adopted, with
measures envisaged for 2003-2004 being fully carried out. Under the
President’s decree, a Commission on Fight against Corruption and
Commission on Anticorruption Strategy Implementation Monitoring have
been sat up. He indicated the reduction of corruption risks as the
main objective of the activities in this sphere. In connection with
the issue of constitutional reforms, Andranik Margarian said that the
RA National Assembly has taken the draft constitutional reforms
submitted by the coalition as a basis. Prime Minister presented his
views on such issues as the dialog between the power and opposition,
Yerevan mayor’s status, reforms of the Electoral Code, independence of
the mass media, ect. Accoring to the RA Governmental press service,
George Coloumbier said he had agreed to perform the responsibilities
of a co-rapporteur on Armenia since he was familiar with the history
and the modern state of the country’s development through French
Armenians and he was among those deputies of the French Parliament who
passed the law on recognition of the Armenian genocide.