On September 28 the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Naira Zohrabyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary an Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Armenia Stepan Sukhorenko and his First Deputy Valery Gorelko.
Touching upon the parliamentary elections, which were held in Belarus several days ago, Naira Zohrabyan expressed regret that despite the positive report made by the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Mission, the OSCE again negatively assessed the parliamentary elections held in Belarus. In the Committee Chair’s opinion, it is very important that Belarus, as an equal partner, has been involved in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly of the Eastern Partnership. “We should try so that the link between the European organizations and European community with Belarus would not be interrupted, which, really is very important for ensuring democratic developments in Belarus,” the Committee Chair stated.
The sides also discussed the problem of double standards being used by the European structures during the recent period. Naira Zohrabyan has considered inadmissible that the European community closes an eye on the disgraceful anti-democratic processes going on in Azerbaijan and the growing number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan day by day, using double standards towards Eastern Partnership different member countries.
The interlocutors agreed to continue the work that Belarus would actively be involved in the All-European processes.
Highlighting the European integration Stepan Sukhorenko noted that their wish was to be an equal partner.