MONITORING IS IMPETUS
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[02:44 pm] 05 December, 2007
more images RA Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian 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 told Armenia’s
Prime Minister that their visit is aimed at getting acquainted with
the situation in Armenia six months after the parliamentary elections
and two months ahead of the presidential ones. They are interested
in 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 amendments to the Constitution, the
Electoral Code, the reforms in the judicial sphere, which helped
register positive progress in Armenia," Georges Colombier said. The
Armenian Premier 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 parties also turned to the upcoming presidential elections in
Armenia, conduct of free and fair elections, issues relating to
freedom of speech and plurality of opinions, corruption combat,
as well as the recent developments of the Karabakh conflict settlement.