EU REPRESENTATIVE APPEALS TO ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES TO TAKE ALL MEASURES FOR HOLDING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Noyan Tapan
Apr 25 2007
BRUSSELS, APRIL 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Regional problems and Armenian-Turkish
relations were discussed at the April 25 meeting of the Armenian
foreign minister Vartan Oskanian, who is on a working visit to
Belgium, and the EU Special Representative to the South Caucasus Peter
Sembeby. According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department,
the sides also addressed the GUAM’s initiative in the UN General
Assembly, and in this connection V. Oskanian reasserted Armenia’s
position on the resolution to be presented.
Speaking about the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia, the EU
special representative pointed out that EU countries and the European
Commission attach great importance to holding these elections in line
with international standards. P. Semneby appealed to the Armenian
authorities to take all measures in this direction. V. Oskanian in
his turn assured him that today there are all conditions for holding
free and fair elections in the country.
The interlocutors also discussed issues related to implementation of
the EU-Armenian Action Plan. In this connection V. Oskanian noted the
expediency to make the action plan implementation-related contacts
between the RA mission in the EU and the European Commission most
coordinated.
During the meeting, the sides also exchanged ideas on the results of
the Belgrade stage of negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement. P. Semneby said that later the same day he is going to
Baku in order to participate in a conference dedicated to the mass
media, within the framework of which a meeting with the Azerbaijani
foreign minister is planned.