HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN: "I HIGHLIGHT THE ACTIVITY OF OSCE OFFICE IN YEREVAN"

National Assembly of RA
July 22 2009
Armenia

On July 21 President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan
received the Head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE) Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Mr. Sergey Kapinos.

Greeting the guest NA President highlighted the activity of OSCE
Office in Yerevan. In that context he highlighted the Memorandum
of Cooperation signed on April 15 between RA NA and OSCE Office in
Yerevan. He also highly assessed the contribution of OSCE Office in
Yerevan and other executive structures in the fulfillment of assuming
commitment, distinguishing the projects realized by the office in
the sphere of strengthening the economic security of the country.

During free talk the sides discussed and reached agreements concerning
the improvement of the legislative field of Armenia and the steps being
taken to comply with European standards. They agreed that the Venice
Commission of the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) have a great role in that,
whose joint conclusions of the bills under discussion are effective
tools for Armenian legislators. In that context the interlocutors
discussed the freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of press
and speech, as well as issues of legislative regulation in the sphere
of television and radio.

Mr. Abrahamyan and Ambassador Mr. Kapinos also considered in detail
projects of development and strengthening of the Armenian Parliament’s
professional abilities within the framework of RA NA-OSCE cooperation.