Pryakhin: Constitutional Reform to Prove Armenia's Political Maturity

PanARMENIAN.Net - Today OSCE Yerevan Office Head Vladimir Pryakhin stated that "constitutional reform will prove Armenia's maturity." When addressing the conference initiated by the International Center for Human Development and the OSCE and CoE Armenian Offices Vladimir Pryakhin said he is sure Armenia can overcome the existing problems and fully integrate into the European structure. For her part head of the CoE Yerevan Office Bojana Urumova reminded that January 2005 Armenia will mark its 5th anniversary as a CoE member. She noted that some considerable changes including cancellation of death penalty and joining 20 European conventions took place in Armenia lately. At the same time Ms. Urumova said notwithstanding the obvious progress the Council of Europe will keep on monitoring the process of Armenia's honoring the commitments to the CoE, reported Mediamax.