SERGE SARGSYAN RECEIVED UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
13.07.2007 14:01

RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan today received the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees in Armenia Bushra Halepota.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated the support and interested
cooperation of the Armenian Office of the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees. Mrs. Halepota said this cooperation with all the bodies
of state governance, especially the Department of Migration of the
Ministry of Territorial Administration, is rather constructive and
fruitful, as a result of which a great work has been done to solve
a number of problems of refugees.

The parties welcomed the fact that Armenia joined the International
Convention on Refugees, adopted the Law on Refugees still in 1999
and is preparing to amend the law with the assistance of the Armenian
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Mrs. Bushra Halepota presented the activities the Armenian Office
until now and the future plans, saying they anticipate the support
and close cooperation with the Armenian Government. Serge Sargsyan
assured that the Armenian Government will continue cooperationg with
the UN Refugee Agency, trying to solve the numerous problems of the
deprived sectors of society including the refugees.