Deputy Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Hermine Naghdalyan, who is also the head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), met with PACE President Pedro Agramunt on Thursday.

At the meeting the interlocutors discussed the current issues related to the Assembly’s work, possible developments of political processes, the scope of cooperation and the initiatives circulated in PACE.

Pedro Agramunt expressed a wish to visit Armenia. He also noted that he is going to come up with an initiative to organize meetings between the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations and discuss the opportunities of making the work carried out by PACE more constructive.

For her part, Hermine Naghdalyan noted that the processes and new initiatives carried out in PACE recently are very important and impact the Assembly’s activity. In this context, the initiatives of the PACE President are especially significant, she noted. Naghdalyan also added that the Armenian side expects PACE President to come up with impartial, balanced and just stance, which will first of all contribute to the efficiency and improvement of atmosphere in the Assembly’s work.

Apart from this, the sides agreed to touch on the raised issues in the January session of the coming year.