On February 13 the Vice President of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov met with Ioannis Tayis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Greece to the Republic of Armenia.

The NA Vice President and the Ambassador of Greece discussed issues concerning the procedure of the presidential elections to be held in Armenia. In particular, Eduard Sharmazanov has stressed that it’s important for the Armenians authorities to hold democratic elections in accordance with European standards. According to him, the pre-election campaign is competitive, and unlike the previous elections it mainly goes on ideological and program basis, almost lacks personal offense and political nihilism. The NA Vice President has assured that a big opportunity is created for Armenia to make democratic elections invariable, and with this respect he has highlighted the operative and objective response of the competent bodies on violations.

According to the assessment of Ioannis Tayis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece, these elections look like a station, where Armenia’s democratic values will become clear. To his conviction, the steps taken by the authorities in organizing democratic elections have been right and better than the previous ones. Regarding the complaints, they are not serious and cannot have an impact either on the procedure of the elections or on the elections. At the same time he has noticed that during the pre-election period there have been complaints in all countries of the world: it’s important that the relevant bodies quickly respond to them to prevent possible violations. The Ambassador has expressed hope that with these elections Armenia will once again prove that its initiated reforms are on the right path.

In the course of the meeting they also discussed issues concerning the development of the inter-parliamentary relations. The Ambassador of Greece handed over to Eduard Sharmazanov the letter of the members of Greece-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group, where they inform him about their kind acceptance of the invitation of the Head of Armenia-Greece Friendship Group Eduard Sharmazanov to visit Armenia and the proposal to hold joint sittings of the Friendship Groups.