YEREVAN.- Armenian Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan received on Thursday outgoing head of the Council of Europe office in Armenia Silvia Zehe.

Abrahamyan thanked Zehe for her work and cooperation, noting considerable contribution to implementation of the Council of Europe programs in Armenia, in particular development of democracy and reforms in many sectors.

In her turn, Zehe assessed high cooperation between the Armenian parliament and Council of Europe. She said the parliament had adopted a number of crucial laws promoting the strengthening and deepening of democracy in Armenia, in particular Electoral Code and the Law on Mass Media.