ArmInfo. Armenia praises the contribution of the international partners, including the highly professional support of the EU and the Venice Commission in the case of reformation of the Democratic Institutions and strengthening of electoral processes in the state.
As the Armenian MFA told ArmInfo, Edward Nalbandian stated this on May 19, in Cyprus during the 127th meeting of the Committee of the Ministers of the Council of Europe.
"We expect the continuation of the effective cooperation in this direction", he said. In this context he reminded that on April 2 in Armenia, Parliamentary elections took place, attended by an unprecedentedly large number of international observers. According to him, the latter stated that the electoral processes were well organized, the fundamental rights were respected, and the results of the elections reflected the will of the population.
Referring to the corruption scandal in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the institutional crisis, Nalbandian said: "We join the calls for a comprehensive investigation to restore the damage caused to this organization," Nalbandian concluded. At the end of last year, Western media reported that some PACE members were involved in corruption scandals. In this regard, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland called on PACE to begin an independent investigation of the charges of a number of deputies in corruption as soon as possible. The PACE Bureau, the statutory body of the Assembly, decided to prepare a document on this topic.