The 40th plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Congress) of the Council of Europe (CoE) is being held in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On the first day of the session, Emin Yeritsyan, head of the Armenian delegation to the Congress and President of the Union of Communities (Municipalities) of Armenia, was elected vice president of this congress of the CoE.

Yeritsyan is one of the current vice presidents of the Congress and has been elected to this position several times before, informed the Union of Communities (Municipalities) of Armenia.