CE delegation hosted at Ministry of Territorial Administration 

ArmInfo.  A meeting with a Council of Europe delegation led by Claus Neukirch, Director of the Directorate for Programme Coordination of the Council of Europe Secretariat, was held at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia.

The guests were received by Kristine Ghalechyan, Deputy Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia. During the  meeting, she emphasized the importance of close cooperation with the  Council of Europe in fostering a culture of democratic governance and  strengthening community autonomy and responsibility.

According to the ministry's press service, the parties discussed the  Armenia-Council of Europe Action Plan for 2023-2026 and reviewed the  "Support for Communities Hosting Refugees" program, which is being  implemented within its framework. In cooperation with the Vedi  Municipality, the program promotes the development of forcibly  displaced women and their vocational training in new professions.  Kristine Galechyan noted that Armenia's cooperation with the Council  of Europe and other international organizations is aimed at  protecting human rights, developing local self-governance, ensuring  socioeconomic sustainability, and balanced territorial development.

As of October 2023, over 46,000 Artsakh women were forcibly displaced  to Armenia as a result of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh by the  Azerbaijani regime.