Monday, November 21 2016 18:01

ArmInfo. On November 21, the Head of PACE European Conservatives Group Ian Liddell-Grainger accompanied by the RA NA Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan visited "Tsitsernakaberd", Memorial Complex of the Armenian Genocide victims,  the press- service of the Armenian parliament informs. The European high-ranking guest laid flowers at the eternal fire and in silence and bowing honoured the memory of the Holy Martyrs.

Welcoming the guest's visit to Armenia, Hermine Naghdalyan has noted  that the European Conservatives Party is an important partner for  Armenia, adding that since Mr Liddell-Grainger's tenure in PACE the  cooperation with the Conservatives Group in PACE has become more  effective and inclusive. In this context Mrs Naghdalyan expressed her  gratitude to Ian Liddell-Grainger and the members of the Group for  the support during the voting of the reports "Escalation of Violence  in Nagorno Karabakh and the Other Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan  " by Robert Walter and "on Sarsang Reservoir" by Milica Markovic.

The Head of the Delegation presented in detail the reforms being  underway in our country, touched upon the Constitutional reforms and  the processes of legislation harmonization conditioned by it. She has  underlined that the Constitutional reforms have been implemented with  the close cooperation of the Venice Commission, as a result of which,  almost all disputable items have been debated and solved.

"We show distinct political will in order to hold parliamentary legal  elections enjoying the public trust in 2017," Mrs Naghdalyan  underscored.

Hermine Naghdalyan also talked about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict  settlement, noting that every conflict has its peculiarities,  motivations and the settlement procedure. She has added that for our  country the only internationally recognized format is the OSCE Minsk  Group being involved in the NK conflict peaceful settlement and the  efforts of moving to other platforms of the conflict settlement may  result in unpredictable consequences.

The Head of PACE European Conservatives Group has expressed his  satisfaction with the reforms being consistently continued in  Armenia, and stressed that the OSCE Minsk Group is the only body with  mandate for the settlement of the conflict and should have all the  conditions for the fulfillment of its work. The Conservatives also  will carry on assisting the conflict settlement process within the  Minsk Group framework within their possibilities.

During the meeting other issues were also discussed.

To recall, on November 23, the PACE Committee on Social Affairs  adopted a resolution on Sarsang reservoir - "Inhabitants of frontier  regions of Azerbaijan are deprived of water". Report on "Escalation  of Violence in Nagorno Karabakh and the Other Occupied Territories of  Azerbaijan " by Robert Walter, that was also on the agenda, was not  adopted.