Minister of Justice holds a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe

22/04/2016

On 21 April, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan held a short meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland within the scope of the high-level Conference entitled ”Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality" held in Bulgaria.

Arpine Hovhannisyan presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the amendments envisaged to be made to the legal acts after the constitutional reforms, in particular the draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia and the progress of meetings held in this regard with parties concerned.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister also touched upon the unleashed broad-scale military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the night of 1-2 April.