Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan today met with Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan.

The parliamentary speaker and the Ombudsman recapped the passing year. Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized that the cooperation between the National Assembly and the Office of the Human Rights Defender was more than a success this year and.

Tatoyan attached importance to the cooperation with the National Assembly, expressed gratitude to Ararat Mirzoyan for the support and cooperation and emphasized that perhaps it wouldn’t be possible to hold the event dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Office of the Human Rights Defender at such a high level without the National Assembly. Tatoyan underlined that the attending international partners were very impressed by the event, the attention of the National Assembly and Armenia’s political leadership, as well as the addresses and political will.

Tatoyan also attached importance to the joint efforts in regard to legislative initiatives, the cooperation with certain MPs and parliamentary committees, the exchange of information before and after visits of MPs to places of imprisonment, etc.