National Assembly of RA, Armenia
Feb 16 2007
Farewell Visit of the Ambassador of Italy to the National Assembly
On February 15 Mr. Tigran Torosyan, President of the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, received Mr. Marco Clemente,
Ambassador of Italy to Armenia, on the occasion of the completion of
his diplomatic mission.
Mr. Clemente, who goes back to Rome after working 3 years and 8
months in Armenia to officiate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Italy, noted that he is sad for his departure, but he leaves with
great professional and personal experience. He expressed his
gratitude to the President of the National Assembly for personal and
working warm relations, which helped him during his mission. Mr.
Clemente ensured on behalf of the Presidents of two Chambers of the
Italian Parliament and people friendly relations of his country
towards Armenia and Armenian people, who could defend his European
nature and returned to the European family with dignity, and Italy
was one of the first countries that welcomed its entrance.
Mr. Marco Clemente, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy, highlighting
the NA President’s and the Parliament’s contribution in the Armenian
reforms and particularly in the reforms of the Electoral Code,
expressed confidence that the legislative bases of holding the
elections in compliance with European standards were established, and
the country has all opportunities to prove the irreversibility of
deepening of democracy in the May elections.
Mr. Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly, wishing
successes to the Ambassador in his further activity, thanked him for
the productive work, which gave a good quality to the relations of
two countries. Mr. Torosyan expressed hope that though the work of
the next Ambassador will considerably be more difficult as Mr.
Clemente did his best, the Armenian-Italian relations will continue
to develop. The upcoming parliamentary elections were highlighted not
only in the view of forming the power but also in continuing the
implementation of general reforms. Mr. Torosyan expressed hope that
they will fully comply with the international standards. He noted
that doing its legislative duty, the National Assembly will have an
important role also in the solution of technical problems. An
agreement was reached with the international organizations
implementing observation mission for cooperating with the working
group comprised of political forces of the National Assembly in order
to eliminate the technical problems emerged before the elections, and
steps will be taken in that direction before the end of February.
Other issues were also touched upon during the meeting.