ARMENIA WILL FULFILL COMMITMENTS TO CoE BEFORE YEAREND

Today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with PACE Monitoring Committee rapporteurs Jerzy Jaskiernia and Georges Colombier, reported the Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry. In the course of the meeting the parties discussed matters of constitutional reforms in Armenia. Thereupon, Vartan Oskanian marked the importance of the referendum that will be held in the republic this year. By means of the process in question the last obstacles will be eliminated and Armenia will fulfill its commitments assumed at accession to the Council of Europe, the Armenian FM added. Within the context of democratic processes in Armenia the Minister also underscored the involvement of Armenia in Wider Europe: New Neighbors EU program. At the instance of the guests V. Oskanian presented the current phase of the negotiations over settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Armenia’s posture in the issue in detail. He also touched upon the topic of latest developments in Armenia-Turkey relations.