EU believes the development of Ombudsman institution in Armenia to be of primary importance, according to the head of delegation of the European Commission in Armenia.

“We're glad to have helped the Human Rights Defender Office in the framework of EU Twinning Program,” Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger stated during the event to mark the Program completion.

As the Ambassador noted, the cooperation between the sides will continue.

Since 1998, the European Commission has financed Twinning projects for institution building in EU acceding or candidate countries as well as in other EU neighbour countries. The aim is to strengthen the Beneficiary Countries’ capacity to implement EU rules and regulations at the national level – or to assist them in approaching Western standards in general.