PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE REFORMS IMPLEMENTED IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
05.12.2007 14:38

RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan 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 first informed the Prime
Minister about the aim of the visit, noting that he has arrived
in our country to get acquainted with the situation in Armenia six
months after the parliamentary elections and two months ahead of the
presidential ones, as well as to get information about 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 amendment of the Constitution, the
Electoral Code, the reforms in the judicial sphere, which helped to
register positive progress in Armenia," Georges Colombier said. Serge
Sargsyan 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 interlocutors turned to the process of preparation of the
presidential elections, the free and fair organization of the
elections, issues of ensuring freedom of speech and plurality
of opinions, the fight against corruption, as well as the recent
developments in the Karabakh settlement.