Verelq: The OSCE is ready to support the government’s reform agenda

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger.

The Prime Minister noted that Armenia values ​​cooperation with the OSCE in European and regional security, as well as in other areas of mutual interest, and is ready to continue effective partnership.

The interlocutors, noting on both sides the high level of existing interaction, discussed the prospects of deepening it. 

The Prime Minister referred to the latest internal political developments in Armenia, presenting reforms aimed at developing democracy, establishing the rule of law, fighting corruption, and holding extraordinary parliamentary elections. Nikol Pashinyan noted that the priority for the RA government is to hold more free, transparent and democratic elections, and the government values ​​the technical and expert support of international partner structures, including the OSCE, in this process.

Thomas Gremminger welcomed the processes taking place in our country and expressed readiness to support the government’s reform agenda.

The RA Prime Minister and the OSCE Secretary General also referred to the settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the active efforts of the OSCE and the international community to make our region safer and emphasized that Armenia is committed to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict exclusively peacefully, through negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship.