YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs for Armenia Alan Meale and Giuseppe Galati Wednesday.

The interlocutors touched on the fulfillment of obligations taken up by Armenia after entering the Council of Europe (CoE), the reforms carried out in the country, as well as the upcoming programs. The President underscored the importance of the already periodic useful meetings and discussions with the co-rapporteurs, Armenian President’s press-service reports.

Noting that this year marks the 15th anniversary of Armenia’s membership to the CoE, Sargsyan stressed that both Armenia and the Council of Europe highly appreciate the country’s progress during these years in the sphere of human rights, democracy and rule of law. He also noted that the progress reflected in different CoE reports is the result of cooperation with the partners, including the CoE.

Sargsyan expressed conviction that Armenia will properly implement the Council of Europe - Armenia Action Plan for 2015-18, which will be officially launched on May 21.

According to him, Armenia will confidently continue to carry out the reforms, being convinced that there is no alternative to the path of success and progress. Sargsyan also noted that Armenia is ready to deeper cooperation with the CoE to achieve the mentioned objectives.

The co-rapporteurs highly appreciated the progress of Armenia as a result of reforms, thanking the Armenian President for his efforts towards the advancement of democratic processes in the country. They assured that the CoE encourages the work carried out and expects continuous success on this path.

The sides also touched on the recent escalation of situation in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and possibilities of resuming the negotiation process aimed at the settlement of the issue. Upon the request of the co-rapporteurs, Sarsgyan briefed them in detail on his position regarding the prospects for the resumption of peaceful talks.