YEREVAN. – Minister of Justice Hovhannes Manukyan on Tuesday received Oleksandr Pavlyuk, Head of the Council of Europe (CoE) Office in Yerevan, who is ending his mission in Armenia.

The minister thanked the CoE official for the productive cooperation, and wished him success in his future endeavors.

Manukyan also noted that several programs were able to be implemented within the framework of the CoE mandate, and that the continuity of these programs meets with the platform of the Armenian government.

Pavlyuk, for his part, stressed that, for them, working with the Armenian minister of justice and his team is one of the best examples for strong cooperation. He added that the justice ministry’s queries will be included in the priorities of the Armenia-CoE Action Plan for 2015-2017.

Subsequently, the interlocutors exchanged views on the prospects for possible future cooperation.