April 2, 2008 - 17:37 AMT
CoE-Armenia cooperation can ease political tensions
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian met April 1 with the AGO group led by Ambassador Per Sjogren, the RA NA press office reported.

Armenia's permanent representative to PACE Christian Ter-Stepanyan and Special Representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General to Armenia Bojana Urumova also attended the meeting.

The Armenian Speaker appreciated highly the activity of Mr John Prescott, head of the PACE observation mission.

Introducing the members of AGO group, Mr Sjogren said it's the biggest-ever group visiting Armenia, what speaks of the CoE's concern about the situation in the republic.

"The CoE-Armenia collaboration can contribute to improvement of the situation, establishment of political dialogue and consent," he said.