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SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NILS MUIZNIEKS
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda)
October 8, 2014 Wednesday
. OREANDA-NEWS. President Serzh Sargsyan today received a delegation
headed by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
(CE) Nils Muiznieks.
The president welcomed the guest and underscored that Armenia
attaches great importance to the cooperation with the CE, the chief
guarantor of human rights in Europe, and its support of continuous
reforms implemented in our country. According to the president, the
institute of CE Commissioner for Human Rights with which Armenia has
traditionally promoted effective cooperation in a constructive and
mutually beneficial environment plays a great role in all that. Serzh
Sargsyan stated with satisfaction that during Mr. Muizniekss tenure
that collaboration continues and expressed confidence that the visit
of the CE Commissioner for Human Rights to Armenia will give a new
stimulus to the bilateral relations.
Nils Muiznieks noted that during his visits to various countries he
puts the most important issues of the given country high on his busy
work agenda and concentrates upon them at corresponding meetings.
Arriving in Armenia, they have decided to concentrate upon issues
concerning judicial reforms and gender equality and fight against
domestic violence. The CE Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that
he is happy to learn these spheres have recorded some progress.
At the meeting the interlocutors touched upon the process of RA
constitutional reforms, the implementation process of obligations
assumed by Armenia after joining the CE, including reforms in a
number of directions. The Armenian President noted that in recent
years Armenia has made consistent and, more importantly, continuous
reforms aimed at enhancing the principles of democracy, protection
of human rights and the rule of law.
Armenia has made considerable progress in fulfilling its membership
obligations with the support of the CE which has yield to tangible
and permanent results.
Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda)
October 8, 2014 Wednesday
. OREANDA-NEWS. President Serzh Sargsyan today received a delegation
headed by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
(CE) Nils Muiznieks.
The president welcomed the guest and underscored that Armenia
attaches great importance to the cooperation with the CE, the chief
guarantor of human rights in Europe, and its support of continuous
reforms implemented in our country. According to the president, the
institute of CE Commissioner for Human Rights with which Armenia has
traditionally promoted effective cooperation in a constructive and
mutually beneficial environment plays a great role in all that. Serzh
Sargsyan stated with satisfaction that during Mr. Muizniekss tenure
that collaboration continues and expressed confidence that the visit
of the CE Commissioner for Human Rights to Armenia will give a new
stimulus to the bilateral relations.
Nils Muiznieks noted that during his visits to various countries he
puts the most important issues of the given country high on his busy
work agenda and concentrates upon them at corresponding meetings.
Arriving in Armenia, they have decided to concentrate upon issues
concerning judicial reforms and gender equality and fight against
domestic violence. The CE Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that
he is happy to learn these spheres have recorded some progress.
At the meeting the interlocutors touched upon the process of RA
constitutional reforms, the implementation process of obligations
assumed by Armenia after joining the CE, including reforms in a
number of directions. The Armenian President noted that in recent
years Armenia has made consistent and, more importantly, continuous
reforms aimed at enhancing the principles of democracy, protection
of human rights and the rule of law.
Armenia has made considerable progress in fulfilling its membership
obligations with the support of the CE which has yield to tangible
and permanent results.