On September 13 in Strasbourg, Minister Vartan Oskanian met with Bruno Haller, the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Ambassador Roland Wegener, Head of the Ago Monitoring Group of the COE Committee of Ministers. Afterwards Minister met the members of the Ago Monitoring Group with participation of Gianni Buquicchio, the Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.

During the meetings the sides discussed the process of the constitutional reforms in Armenia and the implementation of the commitments undertaken by Armenia to the Council of Europe upon membership

Council of Europe officials reaffirmed their assistance for the reform package and underlined the importance of the constitutional reforms for the development of democracy in Armenia.

Minister Oskanian briefed the Council of Europe officials on the recent developments of Nagorno Karabakh peace process.