National Security Council secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan met Feb 4 with the newly-appointed representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Armenia Oleksandr Pavliuk.

NSC secretary congratulated the official on the appointment, voicing confidence for the cooperation between Armenia and Council of Europe to continue deepening. He further stressed the importance of closer partnership with representative of CoE Secretary General during Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers.

Mr Pavliu, in turn, said that Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers will enable to deepen the cooperation between Yerevan and Strasburg. He pledged to take best efforts to bring the priorities of 2012-2014 program into fruition.

Cooperation prospects and priorities were further discussed.