On January 18, the delegation led by Alen Simonyan, the President of National Assembly of Armenia had meetings with the heads of the international structures. During the meetings issues on regional security, the peculiarities of democracy in Armenia, the elections of the national local self-government bodies and the post-election processes were discussed.
At the meeting with Damon Wilson, the President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a talk was held on the works of the National Assembly of the eighth convocation, as well as the legislative reforms of priority to be designed in a number of spheres. In response to Alen Simonyan’s question, Damon Wilson presented the program main directions of cooperation being envisaged with Armenia and especially with the National Assembly. In this regard, issues on the NA-international structures-civil society cooperation format were discussed. The American partners highlighted the initiatives intended for free press and values of democracy in Armenia, mentioning that they would continue to show program and methodological and other supports.
At the meeting with the President of the National Democracy Institute (NDI) Derek Mitchell, the main theme was related to the engagement of women and young politicians in parliament. The NA President Alen Simonyan highlighted the work being done within the framework of the NDI parliamentary program in the establishment of communication between the citizens and the deputies and the rise of the citizens’ involvement. According to him, as a result of that program the Parliament-voter relation is coordinated. The interlocutors also touched upon the continuous assistance to the RA NA factions, deputies, Standing Committees and the NA employees in the support of the legislative researches, the citizens’ involvement and communication.
The peculiarities of the spheres and programs of the further cooperation in case of the pandemic and the post-war situation were also discussed with the international democratic two structures.
The delegation led by the President of the National Assembly discussed issues on the protection of human rights in Armenia with the Washington Director at Human Rights Watch organization Sarah Holewinski.
