ARMENIA MEETING COMMITMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE

Today Armenian Parliament Speaker Artur Baghdasarian met with Permanent Representative of Belgium to the OSCE Bertran de Crumbrugge, RA NA press service reported. Head of the OSCE Mission to Armenia, Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin was present at the meeting as well. During the meeting Artur Baghdasarian informed the guest of the reforms carried out in Armenia. The parties pointed out to the fact that Armenia is meeting its commitments in accordance with the schedule: the RA parliament proceeded to the discussions of the constitutional reforms and agreement on the Election Code has been already achieved. They also discussed issues referring to struggle against corruption and investigations carried out by the RA National Assembly Control Chamber. Within the framework of regional cooperation the interlocutors highlighted Armenia’s participation in the regional economic programs and establishment of normal relations with the neighbor states. As a mechanism of regional problems resolution they marked the conversion of the South Caucasian Parliamentary Initiative into a Parliamentary Assembly, which will offer the three states the possibility of discussing political and economic issues. Bertran de Crumbrugge, as a representative of the state to preside in the OSCE in 2006, expressed readiness to contribute to the implementation of these programs.