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A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) is carrying out a monitoring visit to Armenia from 13 to 14 May, to assess the implementation of the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, which the country ratified in 2002.

Two co-rapporteurs on local and regional democracy in Armenia, Bryony Rudkin of the United Kingdom and Gunn Marit Helgesen of Norway will consider how local self-government has evolved in the country since the adoption of the Congress’s last recommendation in 2014 and the signature of a post monitoring roadmap in 2016, the CoE website reported.

Meetings are scheduled to take place in Yerevan, in particular with Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Suren Papikyan, Chair of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration of the National Assembly Varazdat Karapetyan, Chair of the Audit Chamber Levon Yolyan, and a representative of the Office of the Human Rights Defender.

The delegation will also hold exchanges with Hakob Shahgaldyan, Mayor of Charentsavan, and Edgar Khachatryan, Mayor of Solak. Meetings are also planned with representatives of several Armenian associations of local and regionally authorities and with members of the Armenian delegation to the Congress.