On November 29, Deputy Head of “Heritage” party Ruben Hakobyan and Head of “Heritage” parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, his political advisers Mark Fawcett and Andrei Didenko.
The officials discussed resolution of the Karabakh conflict, as well as issues on regional security, Armenia’s domestic political developments and 2012 elections, “Heritage” press service informed NEWS.am.
“Heritage” representatives expressed their concern over the current situation in the Karabakh peace process, Azerbaijan’s warlike statements and frequent ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani armed forces in the Karabakh conflict zone. They also presented “Heritage” faction’s stance on Karabakh’s independence to EU envoy.
The party members highly appreciated EU’s assistance to Armenian domestic political and pre-electoral processes. However, they expressed concern over some European agencies’ position on amendments to Electoral Code, being an obstacle to free and transparent elections in Armenia.
Semneby made a point of the meeting with “Heritage” party members to present their standpoints to the EU member states. The meeting was held on EU official’s initiative.

















