ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS LEADER MEETS WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE MONITORING AGO GROUP REPRESENTATIVES

NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. First RA President Levon
Ter-Petrosian, on November 20, met with representatives of the Council
of Europe Monitoring Ago Group headed by Ambassador of Romania to
Council of Europe Stelian Stoyan.

According to the Armenian National Congress Central Office Press
Service, the current stage of relations between Armenia and Turkey
and the latest developments in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement were
discussed at the meeting.

L. Ter-Petrosian drew Council of Europe Ambassadors’ attention
to the state of democracy in Armenia, fulfillment of commitments
assumed by Armenia before joining Council of Europe, in particular,
release of political prisoners, freedom of expression, press,
process of fulfillment of the last PACE Resolutions. The reasons of
spreading of corruption in Armenia, ways of overcoming it, reasons
of unprecedentedly deep crisis in country’s economic system were
also discussed.

ANC members Levon Zurabian and Avetis Avagian also took part in
the meeting.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress