A meeting of a committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe kicked off in Yerevan on June 29.

“During the entire period of cooperation, the Congress was among Armenia’s best partners promoting developing of democracy,” Minister of Territorial Integrity, Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan said in his opening remarks.

“This meeting is coherent with Armenia’s policy of European cooperation. Over the past 15 years, Armenia’s local self-government system underwent considerable changes aimed at decentralization,” he said.