Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Thursday


President Sargsyan's speech at PACE received positively by European MPs



YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, ARMENPRESS. Arpine Hovhannisyan, head of the
Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) says that President Sargsyan’s speech in the assembly
has received positive responses among European lawmakers.

“Today, already reflecting on the President’s speech at PACE, I can
say for the record that the speech, the signals in the speech, signals
addressed to the international community, his ideas on democratization
of Armenia and realization of reforms in the country and the
presentation of historic realities about the Nagorno Karabakh war by
he Armenian leader received a positive response among European
colleagues”, Hovhannisyan told ARMENPRESS.

She mentioned that there are several important emphases in the
president’s speech and the subsequent answers during the Q&A.

“Naturally, first I would like to point out the fact that the
president voiced from that platform that Armenia was able to succeed
in various integration processes and the agreement with the EU signed
on November 24 and the decision to join the EEU, essentially, are
combined realities. This is also very important from the point of view
that 5 years ago, when the President was again in PACE, and Armenia
had decided to join the Customs Union one month earlier, from this
very floor various discussions were held whether or not Armenia has
changed its priorities and substituted the European path with another
one. Both yesterday and on November 24 Armenia showed with the signed
agreement with the EU that it has succeeded as an honest partner and
was able to combine both”, she said.

She also highlighted the president’s remarks about the NK conflict in
terms of his personal contribution in the self defense and survival
struggle of the people of Artsakh.

“From this perspective I attach importance to the worthy response to
the Azerbaijani delegate”, she said.

Hovhannisyan also pointed out the part of the president’s speech about
the fight against corruption, reforms in the judicial sector, the
necessity of having an independent judicial system and Armenia’s
actions for it.